Pesticides at the Table - Saverio Pipitone

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What are the most contaminated foods? What effect can they have on our bodies? Can we do anything to avoid them?

Cereals, orange juice, ice cream, cookies, pasta, flour, beer, wine, bread, fruit and vegetables, lentils, chickpeas, coffee, honey, eggs, cream, and much more. These foods and beverages, present on our tables every day and served to our loved ones, from breakfast to dinner, could be contaminated with residues of pesticide mixes, particularly the world's most widely used herbicide: glyphosate.

Why do these dangerous substances poison our food? Why don't authorities intervene? What effects can they have on our bodies?

Saverio Pipitone, in a popular style, traces the history of pesticides in general and glyphosate in particular, who invented them, how they work, how and why they were introduced into agriculture, what risks they pose to the environment and what diseases they cause.

It reports research on the presence of pesticide traces in food, the main scientific studies on the pathological risks from direct exposure at work or indirect exposure from consumption, opinions of consulted experts and cases of people who have fallen ill.

Everything you need to know about pesticides and what to do to prevent them from ending up on your plate.