Paul Saladino· MD
we estimate that Americans eat 1.5 gr of natural pesticides per person per day about 10,000 times more than they eat of synthetic pesticide residues
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
we estimate that Americans eat 1.5 gr of natural pesticides per person per day about 10,000 times more than they eat of synthetic pesticide residues
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the majority of the quote pesticides that we consume in our diets are actually from the plants themselves and perhaps we shouldn't worry about pesticides on food if 99.9% of the pesticides are in the plants we are eating