A little fungicide in your Morning Joe (page 2)

BizzyBee

The widespread use of fungicides has resulted in not only pest-resistance, but it also kills natural predators, resulting in the use of increasingly stronger doses. The heavy use of herbicides plus other industrial farming practices such as mono-crops, has led to tolerant "super-weeds" that grow strong and tough enough to break farm machinery.

Meanwhile, Monsanto gobbles up enormous profits through their near-monopoly and the world's food sources are increasingly threatened.

jgnat

Water is corrosive. If we think about it, our bodies, little food manufacturing plants, are running chemical reactions around the clock to give us energy. We give off as much heat as a 60 watt lightbulb. (Menopausal, I give off more, LOL)

Yet, we take water for granted and our little chemical manufacuring plant for granted. Because it is part of our everyday experience.

When I saw this article, I immediately asked a few questions. What is the common fungicide used? Does it stick in the environment or quickly decompose? How does the body metabolize it? How toxic is it?

It turns out that this fungicide does stick around, but one would have to ingest huge amounts for it to be toxic. Our bodies also have the ability to get rid of excess copper.

There are some dangerous chemicals out there, for sure. The ones I worry about are the ones that do not decompose and our bodies have no way of getting rid of the excess. Ironically, these are often chemicals that are extremely stable. They don't interact, they just sit there.