Dietary pesticides (99.99% all natural).

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The toxicological significance of exposures to synthetic chemicals is examined in the context of exposures to naturally occurring chemicals. We calculate that 99.99% (by weight) of the pesticides in the American diet are chemicals that plants produce to defend themselves. Only 52 natural pesticides have been tested in high-dose animal cancer tests, and about half (27) are rodent carcinogens; these 27 are shown to be present in many common foods. We conclude that natural and synthetic chemical are equally likely to be positive in animal cancer tests. We also conclude that at the low doses of most human exposures the comparative hazards of sythetic pesticide residues are insignificant.

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