{"id":5659,"date":"2018-09-09T13:51:30","date_gmt":"2018-09-09T12:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/?post_type=post_publications&p=5659"},"modified":"2019-02-03T14:06:25","modified_gmt":"2019-02-03T13:06:25","slug":"food-for-health-fact-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post_publications","link":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/el\/publications\/food-for-health-fact-sheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Food for Health Fact-Sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Food for Health Manifesto: a few data<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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\nEnvironmental contaminants and pesticides<\/strong><\/p>\n

More than 80,000 new chemicals and 20 million by-products have been on the market since World War II. Since 1945, global pesticide production has increased about 26 times: from 0.1 to 2.7 million tonnes. http:\/\/www.questia.com\/magazine\/1G1-90161456\/popsculture<\/a><\/p>\n

In Italy, pesticide residues were found in 67% of surface waters and 33.3% of groundwater. 259 substances were detected in Italian surface and deep water, 55 in a single sample. http:\/\/www.isprambiente.gov.it\/it\/pubblicazioni\/rapporti\/rapporto-nazionale-pesticidi-nelle-acque-dati-2015-2016.-edizione-2018<\/a><\/p>\n

Exposure<\/strong><\/p>\n

The WHO estimates 200,000 deaths per year caused by organophosphorus pesticides. http:\/\/ap.ohchr.org\/documents\/dpage_e.aspx?si=A\/HRC\/34\/48<\/a><\/p>\n

An average citizen has between 300 and 500 more chemicals in his\/her body than fifty years ago. https:\/\/www.penguin.co.uk\/books\/54815\/not-on-the-label\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Chronic Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs)<\/strong><\/p>\n

70% of deaths worldwide \u2013 40 million deaths per year, about 15 million deaths under the age of 70. 80% of total deaths and 90% among people aged 30-69 in low and middle income countries. http:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/noncommunicable-diseases<\/a><\/p>\n

55% increase in myeloid leukaemia in offspring from pesticide exposure during pregnancy. https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/26061779<\/a><\/p>\n

Malnutrition and overfeeding<\/strong><\/p>\n

More than 800 million people are still undernourished, despite the fact that almost a third of the food produced is wasted along the production line.\u00a0http:\/\/www.fao.org\/state-of-food-security-nutrition<\/a><\/p>\n

2 billion people suffer, at the same time, from obesity or overweight. http:\/\/www.who.int\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/obesity-and-overweight<\/a><\/p>\n

Biodiversity<\/strong><\/p>\n

The industrial food system dominates more than 75% of the world\u2019s arable land. http:\/\/www.fao.org\/family-farming\/detail\/en\/c\/284666\/<\/a><\/p>\n

75% of plant genetic diversity has disappeared in just one hundred years. http:\/\/www.fao.org\/documents\/card\/en\/c\/CA0146EN<\/a><\/p>\n

Organic food<\/strong><\/p>\n

Organic food contains higher levels of polyphenols (from 19% to 51%) and antioxidants, lower pesticide residues and lower levels of heavy metals, in particular cadmium. https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24968103<\/a><\/p>\n

Small scale and organic farming<\/strong><\/p>\n

Smallholder farmers provide 70% of the world\u2019s food while having only 25% of the arable land available. https:\/\/www.grain.org\/article\/entries\/4929-hungry-for-land-small-farmers-feed-the-world-with-less-than-a-quarter-of-all-farmland<\/a><\/p>\n

Cost Accounting<\/strong><\/p>\n

Costs of NCDs: by 2030: over 30 trillion dollars, or 48% of world GDP. http:\/\/apps.who.int\/medicinedocs\/documents\/s18806en\/s18806en.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

The cost of synthetic fertilizers in terms of environmental damage is estimated at 375 billion dollars. http:\/\/www.fao.org\/fileadmin\/templates\/nr\/sustainability_pathways\/docs\/FWF2_FAO_final_02042014.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Food for Health Manifesto: a few data \u2013 Environmental contaminants and pesticides More than 80,000 new chemicals and 20 million by-products have been on the market since World War II. Since 1945, global pesticide production has increased about 26 times: from 0.1 to 2.7 million tonnes. http:\/\/www.questia.com\/magazine\/1G1-90161456\/popsculture In Italy, pesticide residues were found in 67% […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5661,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[118],"wpl_publications_category":[41],"class_list":["post-5659","post_publications","type-post_publications","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-industrial-agriculture","wpl_publications_category-fact-sheets","thematic_area-food-for-health","thematic_area-poison-free-future"],"wpml_translations":[{"language_code":"it","post_id":2621,"original":false},{"language_code":"en","post_id":5659,"original":true}],"custom_fields":{"_edit_lock":["1564391853:2"],"_edit_last":["2"],"_wpml_media_featured":["1"],"_wpml_media_duplicate":["1"],"_thumbnail_id":["5661"],"_wp_old_date":["2019-02-03"],"wpl_sidebar_option":["on"],"wpl_sidebar_select":["food4health_widget_area"],"wpl_share_buttons_publication":["on"],"_wpml_media_has_media":["1"],"_alp_processed":["1552411970"],"_cmplz_scanned_post":["1"]},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_publications\/5659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_publications"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post_publications"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5659"},{"taxonomy":"wpl_publications_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/navdanyainternational.org\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wpl_publications_category?post=5659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}