If you just snack on fruits and vegetables all day, this is the way to do it. Cut up some vegetables and pack them in your lunchbox with some hummus. 1  Fruit: 1 cup cantaloupe, 1 cup champagne grapes. 2  Vegetables: 1 cup sugar snap peas, 1 yellow bell pepper, 1 stalk celery.
Pesticides are substances used to repel, kill, or control animals (insecticides) or plants (herbicides) that are considered to be pests. There are different types of pesticides, which include synthetic pesticides and biopesticides (Figure 1). Pesticides are used extensively in agriculture and they are also used at a lower scale in our homes and on ourselves.
The pesticides entry on Wikipedia lists some of the results that have been recorded in recent years including: 1  Fetuses, (pre-birth babies), may suffer from exposure and exhibit behavioral problems, growth issues. 2  Lower cognitive scores, fewer nerve cells, and lower birth weight. 3  A lower resistance to the toxic effects of pesticides.