LEVELS – A Whole New Level #145 - Big Ag feeds into Big Pharma: Metabolic health benefits from regenerative farming | Dr. Robert Lustig & Ben Grynol
Jul 8, 2022
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DDT's Long Shadow
- DDT was widely sprayed after WWII and only recognized as harmful after Rachel Carson's work.
- The U.S. banned DDT in 1972 but its metabolites still show up in wildlife and humans decades later.
New Chemicals, Old Mistakes
- New pesticides like glyphosate replaced DDT but carry their own long-term harms and legal controversies.
- Many chemicals reached markets without adequate safety studies and remain embedded in the food system.
Soil Is Living, Dirt Is Not
- Soil is alive and produces the compounds plants need to make nutrients humans require.
- Plants grown in sterile 'dirt' plus fertilizer are nutritionally inferior to those grown in living soil.