In November, the EPA released a report that concluded that, as it is currently used, chlorpyrifos contaminates water and is a dietary risk due to its above normal safety standard residues on food crops. Additionally, the pesticide poses a risk to farm workers that come into direct contact with it every day. However, according to scientists, this synthetic chemical is correlated with lower IQ, attention deficit disorders, and developmental delays, like the loss of working memory, delayed motor development and decreased cognitive functioning. It has even been linked to autism, increasing in risk when mothers are exposed during pregnancy.

How can we avoid this scary chemical that is poisoning our children? Very difficult – it is currently being used on the majority of crops: corn, strawberries wheat, citrus, apples, and many others! Even though the chemical was banned for residential use in 2000, it has continued to prevail as a major insecticide used on golf courses, turf, and in greenhouses.

Since chlorpyrifos was on track to being banned – the EPA reversed the move just before the federal court deadline to make the final decision – the agency cannot revisit the health risks of this health-damaging synthetic chemical until 2022. Dow Chemical has claimed that there is not enough science corroborating the claims made by the EPA, however other scientists have compared chlorpyrifos with the health risks associated with lead.

Instead of continuing to use a proven health-damaging chemical to produce our fruits and vegetables, there are a multitude of other, safer and natural alternatives. One solutions is to use sustainable, neem-based biopesticides and fertilizers. Neem is cost-effective and is non-toxic to pollinators, animals, humans, and the environment, meaning you and your loved ones can stay safe, while enjoying healthy, sustainably produced food! Demand change, demand safety for you, your loved ones, and farmers!

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It means that even though we currently produce enough calories to feed the world, 795 million people live in extreme hunger, while another 1.4 billion suffer the effects of over-consumption. Diets can kill in a variety of different ways.

In the past 35 years, rates of obesity and diet-related diseases have doubled. Diabetes is among the most prevalent diseases in the world, and its incidence has increased by 382% in the United States since 1988. Every single day, more people are affected at both ends of the spectrum – under and over-nourishment. How can we break this cycle and bring balance to our global food security, especially when considering the 10 billion people expected to live on the globe in 2050?

The only true solution is for our food process to become more sustainable. By creating and nurturing a sustainable food system, we produce food that is healthier, more nutritious, and more wholesome. Instead of filling our body with toxins that may perpetuate these diseases that have become so prevalent in recent generations, we nourish our bodies with natural, safe and nutritious foods, like those produced with neem-based pesticides and fertilizers. Neem not only nourishes our bodies, but also benefits the soil, plants, the environment, animals, and our health! While it fixes the production, it also helps solve the problems caused by our current system through its ability to reduce insulin dependence for diabetic patients and detoxify the body of impurities. When mankind lives harmoniously with nature, everyone and everything benefits and stays healthy.

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