Ep 5: She's a Dirty Girl: Soil contaminants, dietary effects, and how we can help

Are there really only 60 harvests left in our soil? Is your diet feeding you heavy metals, microplastics, and PFAS along with your nutrients? Join us this week as we dig deep into all things soil! Email us @ [email protected] Instagram @ thehandthatfeedsus *Soil and human health: current status and future needs : https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1178622120934441 *Analysis of Mercury Content in Various types of tea (camellia sinesis) and yerba mate: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9102548/#:~:text=The%20study%20showed%20that%20the,the%20smallest%20in%20black%20tea. *Monitoring of essential and heavy metals in green tea from different geographical originis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26899031/ *Evaluations of the Joint FAO/WHO expert committee on food additives: https://apps.who.int/food-additives-contaminants-jecfa-database/Home/Chemical/3511 *Editorial: Emerging contaminants and their effect on agricultural crops: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2023.1296252/full#:~:text=Emerging%20contaminants%20(ECs)%20in%20agriculture,EDCs)%2C%20antibiotics%2C%20hormones%2C *Plastic mulch films in agriculture: their use, environmental problems, recycling and alternatives: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3298/10/10/179#:~:text=However%2C%20there%20are%20risks%20to,body%20via%20the%20food%20chain. *The effects of per- & polyfluoroalkyl substances on environmental and human microorganisms and their potential for bioremediation: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10549896/#:~:text=They%20affect%20microbial%20communities%20across,microbiome%20(5%E2%80%9310). *Environmental legacy of pre-Columbian Maya mercury: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.986119/full#:~:text=Comparing%20mercury%20determinations%20from%20pre,modern%20benchmarks%20for%20environmental%20toxicity.