Organic food is best for kids, pediatricians say

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Organic food is best for kids, pediatricians say

Organic, babies! The American Academy of Pediatrics is weighing in for the first time on the conventional vs. organic debate. elefanterosado Its verdict? An “extensive analysis of scientific evidence,” it says, suggests that kids who eat organic produce, dairy, and meat “have lower pesticide levels, which may be significant for children.” From NPR’s The Salt blog: The pediatricians are worried because babies of female farm workers in California showed small but significant developmental and motor delays when their mothers were exposed to pesticides at levels similar to those deemed acceptable in conventionally grown produce while pregnant. No studies have been done to see if exposure to similar levels of pesticides from simply eating produce would cause similar problems. But since early childhood exposure to lead and other toxins at very low levels is now known to be harmf...

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@OrganicAlberta » 05 Nov '12, 7pm
Another article summarizing the findings of that American Academy of Pediatrics report... [link]
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@Health_Planning » 25 Oct '12, 1pm
The American Academy of Pediatrics weighed in for the first time on the conventional vs. organics debate. Their ... [link]
@drdianechung » 25 Oct '12, 12pm
Organic food is best for kids, pediatricians say. Umm, so then what about the rest of us? [link]
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@OrganicLifeDoc » 24 Oct '12, 9pm
Finally! Some good news in the organic vs. conventional debate [link]
@keithkloor » 24 Oct '12, 5pm
Try reading what they actually said. RT @drgrist Organic food is best for kids, pediatricians say [link]
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@FreeHairMexico » 24 Oct '12, 2pm
RT @TheLiceMeister: Is this the same AAP that recommends pesticide treatments for kids with lice? [link]
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@BruceClithero » 24 Oct '12, 12pm
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Communist pediatricians, surely. RT @grist Organic food is best for kids, pediatricians say [link]
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@RobinMarwick » 24 Oct '12, 11am
Cost still an issue. RT @grist: Organic food is best for kids, pediatricians say [link]
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@TheLiceMeister » 24 Oct '12, 11am
Is this the same AAP that recommends pesticide treatments for kids with lice? [link]
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@Broadbandito » 24 Oct '12, 11am
i agree RT @grist: Organic food is best for kids, pediatricians say [link]
@BeezerStPierre » 24 Oct '12, 10am
[link] Organic food is best for kids, says Peds docs. Understandable since they are organic and unfortunately free range.
@MDFarmlink » 24 Oct '12, 9am
A report by the American Academy of Pediatrics, organic food is better for children. [link] [link]
@emilyeats » 24 Oct '12, 9am
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Interessant! RT @clubgreennl: Amerikaanse kinderartsen adviseren pesticidenvrij #biologisch voedsel: [link]
@a_picazo » 24 Oct '12, 6am
RT @keithkloor: No, that's not what they said. Read what they wrote. RT @grist Organic food is best for kids, pediatricians say [link]
@keithkloor » 24 Oct '12, 6am
No, that's not what they said. Read what they wrote. RT @grist Organic food is best for kids, pediatricians say [link]
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It's a weird world when we need research to "verify" that organic food is best for babes [link]
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