It’s Time: A Children’s Environmental Health Bill of Rights
The following editorial is a summary statement of the main factors affecting the well-being of our children, and not meant to provide an all-inclusive list. Whilst it is known that children are inundated with over 100,000 chemicals according to the European Environment Agency (EEA), as well as other environmental insults, there are clearly priorities that must be principally showcased and addressed. Six major areas that require urgent attention are addressed below.
November 1, 2021 | Source: GMO Science | by
The Children’s Environmental Health Bill of Rights
Children require organically grown food free from chemical inputs
Genetically modified organisms and their associated pesticides entered our children’s diets in 1996, and they have been consuming them for over 25 years. Despite harm first identified by Dr. Arpad Pusztai, upon revealing his findings from the first GMO study, agribusiness was allowed to roll out GMOs into our children’s mouths ever since. The findings of his work were rapidly followed by a slanderous personal attack and his immediate removal from the Rowett Institute where he had dedicated 37 years of superlative research.
In 2019, the FDA released a guidance document for industry regarding ‘voluntary labeling’, and how to identify products from genetically engineered plants.