Pregnant Women At Risk From Chemicals In Food

An analysis by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) of government data shows that women may inadvertently increase their intake of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) during pregnancy and lactation, times when both mothers and babies are vulnerable to insult from environmental toxins.

 

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Subject:   Pregnant Women At Risk From Your "Registered" Poisons
Date:       Tue, 21 Mar 2000 07:34:17 -0500
From:        Stephen Tvedten <steve@getipm.com>
Organization:     Get Set Inc. (www.getipm.com)

To:     Lyndon Hawkins <hawkins@empm.cdpr.ca.gov>
          Senior Research Scientist
          State of California, Department of Pesticide Regulation
          Integrated Pest Management

Dear Lyndon, I thought you might like to read an article from the Environment News Service entitled: Pregnant Women At Risk From Chemicals In Food: the article appeared in AmeriScan, March 20, 2000 - if so click below: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/mar2000/2000L-03-20-09.html or simply read the following: PREGNANT WOMEN AT RISK FROM CHEMICALS (POISONS) IN FOOD.

WASHINGTON, DC, March 20, 2000 (ENS) - Some of the foods most craved by pregnant women, such as meat and dairy products, may give their babies an extra dose of toxic pollutants, a new report reveals. An analysis by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) of government data shows that women may inadvertently increase their intake of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) during pregnancy and lactation, times when both mothers and babies are vulnerable to insult from environmental toxins. When they are pregnant or nursing, American women increase their consumption of at least 692 different foods, according to EWG's analysis of food consumption data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Many of these foods are contaminated with POPs. EWG's analysis of data from the Food and Drug Administration's Total Diet Study found six POPs in 155 of these foods. The pesticide DDT and its metabolite DDE were by far the most pervasive, found in 136 foods, followed by the insecticide dieldrin in 100, and the pesticide byproducts heptachlor epoxide and hexachlorobenzene in 31 different foods.

Dioxin, among the most toxic of all POPs, is not routinely tested for by any government agency. Yet dioxin contaminates the food supply, including foods that pregnant women eat more of than men, such as milk and other dairy products. A healthy diet during pregnancy leads to an increase in POPs exposure, EWG says. By following what her doctor recommends as a healthy diet during pregnancy and lactation, a woman will increase her intake of POPs. EWG says women should not sacrifice nutrition to avoid POPs, and recommends a worldwide ban on the chemicals. International treaty talks to eliminate or reduce 12 POPs opened today in Bonn, Germany.

Well Lyndon, When will you admit your "registered" POISONS are still harming us more than the pests they supposedly are/were "controlling"?

Respectfully, Stephen L. Tvedten

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