This video is another example of how our crops are being treated prior to being stocked on store shelves, as told by an adorable little girl. I was inspired to do a little more research on chlorpropham after seeing her video and was stunned by the results. No, this chemical is not classified as a carcinogenic substance in the US, but I'm not sure we have all the research available needed for it to be classified as carcinogenic. The tests on lab animals with chlorpropham are unsettling, but human research is lacking. I did find that since 1971 the US population's daily dietary intake of chlorpropham has increased from .01 micrograms to 0.1886 micrograms in females 23-30 years of age, and 0.2319 micrograms in males 25-30 years of age. Such a dramatic increase in a substance in our food supply must be having a tremendous effect on our bodies- it simply hasn't been thoroughly researched yet. I encourage you to do some more research and seek out other alternatives to foods being processed with chlorpropham.
Read more on the research done on chlorpropham here from the TOXNET, the Toxicology Data Network.
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