We put Toxic Fake Food into

our Bodies, but wonder why

were Sick -Bryant McGill

Thao Nguyen
Kearny SCT high school

TOXINS
EVERYWHERE!!!
 an people trust the food that they
C eat every day? Every year, many
people, including children, have to
go to the hospital because of food
poisoning. Besides natural disasters,
terrorism, etc., people are facing
another long-term issue- food toxins.
What are food
toxins? And
causes:
Food toxins are poisonous
substances, especially proteins, which
are produced by living cells or
organisms and are capable of causing
disease when introduced into the body
tissues. However, are often also
capable of inducing neutralizing
antibodies or antitoxins. According to
Consumers research which was
published in 1995, in 1975, 25
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microbes were identified that could
cause foodborne illnesses and this is
one of many reasons which causes food
Lepiota Brunneoincarnata which is a mushroom
that contains poison (iSpot share
Nature)
toxins. Similarly, ingredients which
people found in the natural can have
poison in themselves. In order words,
Lepiota Brunneoincarnata, a mushroom
is poison. If ingested, symptoms are
severe liver toxicity and can have lethal
consequences if immediate treatment is
not received according to Britannica.
Nature is very copious about sources of
food and humans might not have
enough knowledge to know which one
has poison or not. However, two
reasons above can be overcome with Many countries are trying to

development of check carefully the

science and amount of pesticide

expansion of and mobilizes people,

knowledge. Above especially farmers, to

all, humans are the use acaricide properly.

main reason that the Many peasants abuse

problem cannot be chemical substances in

solved easily. In seasons of growing

fact, like Ecologist vegetables, or fruits.

A cartoon of peasants overusing pesticide. (Seo)

shared in 2003 Additionally, if rancher

which shows that eating fruit and overuse insecticide, they will have more

vegetables regularly reduces the risk of products to sell and get more money.

many cancers, high blood pressure, Furthermore, Big Boss money has

heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and power to control humans health.

other chronic diseases. A According to Mother Earth News, every

phenomenon of overusing pesticides is time you buy organic, youre persuading

spreading out around the world despite more farmers to grow organic. Since

of putting many lives in danger. As one farmer started using pesticides

shown above, food toxins now are no properly, others started doing the same

longer personal issues of one country, thing, which is one of solutions to solve

they become problem for the world. this problem. In the other hand, people

Big Boss Money

nowadays have more ratio of diseases

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than past time. The world is developing a concern for 85 percent of Americans

to cure diseases that could not be and the Centers for Disease Control and

healed in the past. At the same time, Prevention reports that there are traces

humans create new diseases which are of 29 different pesticides in the average

harder to be cured. By encouraging Americans body. The Americans are

organic food, people are making daily

food become safer.

Pyramid money nutrition (Cartoon Stock)

(Proquest SIRS, Judy Treible, 2013) Security status of United States
Superman P saves in 2012. An alert to people that they are eating food insecurity .

under attack of pesticides and diseases

America can explore anytime in humans body

when immune system become weaker.

The world is separated into seven Food toxins which cause or lead to

continents and each continent has many diseases, for examples, lungs,

different difficulties about food toxins. As respiratory, digestive, heart, cancer,

reported by Consumer Report survey, etc... In order to solve food toxins

1.050 people found that pesticides are problem, the government has three

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main solutions. First, consumers

consider the label, date, and where that

Every time you buy organic, youre
product made in. Second, through
persuading more farmers to grow
education, people study how to use organic (Mother Earth News)

pesticide properly and moreover, they

study harms of pesticides. Third, the

government has to enforce the

regulations of food safety and strictly

control the food that bring into their

country. Farmers, companies, and

factories, which are underestimate their

lives, their families, and their friends,

should stop poisoning others because

one day, they will realize the

consequences.

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 CARTOONS

Fresh vegetables contain poison (Pinterest) This cartoon shows chefs are indirect murders
(Cartoon Stock)

How humans change (past -> present) (Natural News)

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