Urinary levels of six metabolites of organophosphate pesticides (known as dialkylphosphates or DAPs) were analysed on the eighth day of each phase. The mean level of total DAP metabolites after eating a diet of at least 80% organic food was 89 per cent lower than the levels after eating conventional food. .
Published over the weekend in the journal Environmental Research, the small-scale trial found that one week of eating mostly organic food reduced organophosphate pesticide levels in urine by 89 per cent.
Lead investigator Dr Liza Oates said there had been a few studies examining how organic diets affected pesticide levels in children but no research had so far been published on adults.
"Conventional food production commonly uses organophosphate pesticides, which are neurotoxins that act on the nervous system of insects - and humans - by blocking an important enzyme," Dr Oates said.
"Recent studies have raised concerns for the health effects of these chemicals even at relatively low levels.
Comment: This is wishful thinking at its best. There are several reasons why this might NOT be such a good idea:
1) If the vaccine fails - and vaccines have a solid track record of failure - those who were used as guinea pigs would be predisposed to infection.
2) A vaccine may exert selective pressure on the virus to produce "mutants" capable of being more pathogenic. See a perfect example here: Fail: Infant Hep B vaccines perform shamefully; time to end them? See also:
-Vaccine not virus responsible for Spanish flu
-Children Who Get Flu Vaccine Have Three Times Risk Of Hospitalization For Flu, Study Suggests.
3) The Black Death, which killed tens of millions of people around the world, was an Ebola-like virus: Black Death found to be Ebola-like virus and Finally catching up - Could the Black Death actually have been an Ebola-like virus?
4) Mother nature doesn't need our help with creating a deadly mutated virus: New Light on the Black Death: The Viral and Cosmic Connection.
5) Right now Ebola is transmitted directly, but with so many factors at stake here, it might just go air-borne in the near future. A nasal vaccine sounds like the kind of thing which might help in that regard.