[Rose]

I was wondering when the connection from these poisons to neurologcal disease would be brought to the public. It's been a long time coming.

I just returned from Stop 'n Shop (I'm in CT) where there is almost nothing I would ever buy, not necessarily from a "tastes good" perspective but from a "garbage, bad ingredients, processed to death, additive, pesticide" perspective. They are now carrying a reasonable amount of organice fruits and vegetables. I know this produce isn't ideal but the choices right now around here are S&S or nothing much else within a 30-45 minute drive (except for the wonderful Bantam Bread which is organic and amazing) so I had this on my mind.

I thought this study was worth your attention:



Clickety

[g.johnson]

To put things in perspective, pesticide use in the garden increases the risk by 9%; having a family member with the disease increases the risk by 350%.

Genetic Johnson

[Miguel Gierbolini]

Gotta love them scientists.

[ludja]

Rose, on May 25 2005, 02:11 PM, said:

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I just returned from Stop 'n Shop (I'm in CT) where there is almost nothing I would ever buy, not necessarily from a "tastes good" perspective but from a "garbage, bad ingredients, processed to death, additive, pesticide" perspective. They are now carrying a reasonable amount of organice fruits and vegetables. I know this produce isn't ideal but the choices right now around here are S&S or nothing much else within a 30-45 minute drive (except for the wonderful Bantam Bread which is organic and amazing) so I had this on my mind.

I thought this study was worth your attention:



Clickety

This is off-topic from the title of your thread, but as someone who grew up in CT and has lived away for a long time I wondered what the situation was there regarding produce. In the summer anyway, we always bought a lot from farmstands which I think are a lot less common now.

But what about farmer's market's? I did a quick search online and found this listing of CT markets: click

(I do notice that a lot of them only occur during the week as opposed to on the weekend which could make it tough. Most of the markets out here in NoCal usually have at least one day on the weekend).

And I agree re: the quality of stuff at regular supermarkets. "Even" out here where you think that produce might be better at standard markets I did not find that to be the case. Besides Farmer's markets there are luckily a few year round stores near me dedicated to produce that are much better than the supermarket (Safeway).

[Rose]

g.johnson, on May 25 2005, 06:07 PM, said:

To put things in perspective, pesticide use in the garden increases the risk by 9%; having a family member with the disease increases the risk by 350%.

Genetic Johnson

One is within one's control, the other isn't, at least so far. Doesn't that make all the difference in terms of focus? Hey, you're the nature via nurture Johnson, ain't ya?

[Rose]

And don't forget the 43% increase in the disease among farmers who used pesticides.