Organic food lowers pesticides in kids

More data that the economic and convenience challenges around shifting to organic food in your household may be worth it.

CNN.com published this article discussing the growth in the organic food segment in the U.S. (18% jump for organic baby food in one year), and the results from this study focused on pesticide levels in children:

"A study of children whose diets were changed from regular to organic found their pesticide levels plunged almost immediately. The amount of pesticide detected in the children remained imperceptible until their diets were switched back to conventional food. 'We didn't expect that to drop in such dramatic fashion,' said Emory University's Chensheng Lu, who led the Environmental Protection Agency-funded research. Lu's findings will be published in February in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives."

http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/diet.fitness/11/08/organic.kids.ap

In a world with alarming increases in environmental toxins every year, exercising the choice to avoid any of it has gone beyond prudent. It could be a life-and-death choice in the long run.