Smart Guide: Hormones in the Food System
- Description
- The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy presents a new Smart Guide examining the prevalence of synthetic hormones in the food system—and the risks such hormones may pose to human health. Exogenous hormones (those originating outside the body) can disrupt our own hormone function, potentially contributing to a number of chronic diseases. Many hormone-related chronic diseases are common and/or on the rise. Some hormones or hormone-like chemicals are intentionally added to the food system. Others accumulate in food as unintentional contaminants. This Smart Guide, by Diaa Osman, N.D. and David Wallinga, M.D., documents where hormones enter the food system, including through: growth promoters given to food animals; pesticides in food production; food packaging; and in industrial contaminants that accumulate throughout the food chain. The guide includes tips for consumers on how to reduce their exposure to hormones in food. You can an interview with IATP’s David Wallinga, M.D., on hormones in the food system at http://www.iatp.org.
- Resource Type(s)
- Report
- Geographic Areas
- National & International
- Focus area(s)
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- Children's Health and Environment
- Environmental Health
- Green Chemistry / Safer Alternatives
- Health
- Public Health
- Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems
- Toxics
- Women’s Health and Environment
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