“for human use”

Center for Veterinary Medicine. “Summary Report on Antimicrobials Sold or Distributed for Use in Food-Producing Animals,” Report No. 94906 (Rockville: FDA, 2015).

“are now playing out”

T.P. Van Boeckel et al. “Global Trends in Antimicrobial Use in Food Animals,” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 112  (2015): 5649.

“affecting people”

E.Y. Klein et al. “Global Increase and Geographic Convergence in Antibiotic Consumption between 2000 and 2015,” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 115 (15)  (2018): E3463.

“between 2015 and 2018”

Center for Veterinary Medicine. “Summary Report on Antimicrobials Sold or Distributed for Use in Food-Producing Animals,” (Rockville: FDA, 2019).

“to run rampant”

M.J. Blaser. “The Microbiome Revolution,” J. Clin. Invest. 124  (2014): 4162.

“processed food”

N. Kumar et al. “Adaptation of Host Transmission Cycle During Clostridioides difficile Speciation,” Nat. Genet. 51 (9) (2019): 1315.

“estrogen-responsive tissues”

K.M. Rodgers et al. “Environmental Chemicals and Breast Cancer: An Updated Review of Epidemiological Literature Informed by Biological Mechanisms,” Environ. Res. 160   (2018): 152.

“promoting insulin resistance”

S.E. Elmore and M.A. La Merrill. “Oxidative Phosphorylation Impairment by DDT and DDE,” Front. Endocrinol. 10 (2019): 122.

“in amphibians”

R.M. Zaya et al. “Exposure to Atrazine Affects the Expression of Key Genes in Metabolic Pathways Integral to Energy Homeostasis in Xenopus laevis Tadpoles,” Aquat. Toxicol. 104  (2011): 254.

“insulin resistance”

S. Lim et al. “Chronic Exposure to the Herbicide, Atrazine, Causes Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Insulin Resistance,” PLoS One 4  (2009): e5186.

“diabetes”

H.P. Gupta et al. “Xenobiotic Mediated Diabetogenesis: Developmental Exposure to Dichlorvos or Atrazine Leads to Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes in Drosophila,” Free Radic. Biol. Med. 141  (2019): 461.

“unfluencing epigenetics”

M. McBirney et al. “Atrazine Induced Epigenetic Transgenerational Inheritance of Disease, Lean Phenotype and Sperm Epimutation Pathology Biomarkers,” PLoS One 12   (2017): e0184306.

“having admitted no wrongdoing”

S. Jerving.  “Syngenta’s Paid Third Party Pundits Spin the “News” on Atrazine.” PR Watch, Center for Media and Democracy, Feb 7, 2012.

“and insulin resistance”

S. Karami Mohajeri and M. Abdollahi. “Toxic Influence of Organophosphate, Carbamate, and Organochlorine Pesticides on Cellular Metabolism of Lipids, Proteins, and Carbohydrates: A Systematic Review,” Hum. Exp. Toxicol. 30 (9)  (2010): 111940.

“climate change”

H.S. Lee et al. “Associations among Organochlorine Pesticides, Methanobacteriales, and Obesity in Korean Women,” PLoS One 6  (2011): e27773.

“scarring of the airways”

We Were There. “Not Everything Is Better with Butter-Flavoring: Popcorn Lung Disease and the Dangers of Diacetyl,” (Atlanta: CDC, 2019).

“still allows its use”

T. Farah.  “Banned Bread: Why Does the Us Allow Additives That Europe Says Are Unsafe?” The Guardian, May 28, 2019.

“cells from the bacteria”

B. Chassaing et al. “Dietary Emulsifiers Impact the Mouse Gut Microbiota Promoting Colitis and Metabolic Syndrome,” Nature 519  (2015): 92.

“allergy, or leaky gut”

E.P. Halmos et al. “Review Article: Emulsifiers in the Food Supply and Implications for Gastrointestinal Disease,” Aliment. Pharmacol.Ther. 49 (1) (2019): 41.

“for human concern”

R. Shah et al. “Dietary Exposures for the Safety Assessment of Seven Emulsifiers Commonly Added to Foods in the United States and Implications for Safety,” Food Addit. Contam. Part A Chem. Anal. Control Expo. Risk Assess. 34 (6)  (2017): 905.

“from drinking milk”

S.C. Larsson et al. “Milk Consumption and Mortality from All Causes, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” Nutrients 7 (9)  (2015): 7749.

“close to 10 percent”

H. Kirwan.  “Close to 90 Percent of Wisconsin Milk Will Be RBST Free in 2018.” Wisconsin Public Radio, May 29, 2017.

“and carcinogenic effects”

Scientific Committee on Veterinary Measures Relating to Public Health.  Report on Public Health Aspects of the Use of Bovine Somatotrophin. (Brussels: European Union, 1999).

“the meat at a profit”

C.A. Sáenz de Rodríguez et al. “An Epidemic of Precocious Development in Puerto Rican Children,” J. Pediatr. 107 (3)  (1985): 393.

“to thousands of farmers”

J. Gommers. “‘Food Fraud’ in the Netherlands Is Threatening Public Health!”. Think It Again. New Perspectives. Mar 24, 2019.

“timing of puberty in girls”

K.G. Harley et al. “Association of Phthalates, Parabens and Phenols Found in Personal Care Products with Pubertal Timing in Girls and Boys,” Hum. Reprod. 34 (1)  (2019): 109.

“intestine, and colon”

N. Espejo-Herrera et al. “Colorectal Cancer Risk and Nitrate Exposure through Drinking Water and Diet,” Int. J. Cancer 139 (2) (2016): 334.

“to metabolic syndrome”

T. Tanaka et al. “Saturated and Trans-Unsaturated Fatty Acids Elicit High Levels of Superoxide Generation in Intact and Cell-Free Preparations of Neutrophils,” Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 144 (2)  (1987): 606.

“arterial plaques of rats”

P.V. Johnston et al. “Occurrence of Trans Fatty Acids in Human Tissue,” Science 126   (1957): 698.

“the grocery store”

S.W. Ng et al. “Use of Caloric and Noncaloric Sweeteners in U.S. Consumer Packaged Foods, 2005-2009,” J. Acad. Nutr. Diet. 112 (11)  (2012): 1828.

“ultra-processed foods”

F. Rauber et al. “Ultra-Processed Foods and Excessive Free Sugar Intake in the U.K.: A Nationally Representative Cross-Sectional Study,” BMJ Open 9 (10) (2019): e027546.

“your hippocampus”

E. Calvo-Ochoa et al. “Short-Term High-Fat-and-Fructose Feeding Produces Insulin Signaling Alterations Accompanied by Neurite and Synaptic Reduction and Astroglial Activation in the Rat Hippocampus,” J Cereb. Blood Flow Metab. 34 (6) (2014): 1001.