Alexis Temkin, Ph.D.

If a person switches to an organic diet, the levels of pesticides in their urine rapidly decrease. We see it time and time again.

The numbers are alarming, especially because even tiny amounts of this pesticide can cause irreparable neurological damage to children.

The average concentration of imazalil in the citrus EWG had tested was an astonishing 20 times more than the limit we recommend to protect children from cancer.

We found that every single one of them exhibited at least one of the key characteristics [of carcinogens].

Our analysis of data from more than 46,000 samples found that 75% of non-organic fresh produce samples were contaminated with pesticide residues from 251 different pesticides.

Disparity on pesticide exposure has been documented. It's a problem.

There is increasing evidence that low dose chronic exposure to a mixture of pesticides may have adverse effects on human health, particularly during sensitive windows of development like pregnancy and childhood.

The reason we’re concerned about consuming pesticides is that these sorts of exposures to chronic low levels of these mixtures of pesticides have been associated with adverse health effects.

The intersection of residents and farming is really prevalent here. We know through air monitoring that pesticides can travel those distances.