Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution

In Europe, every year, 100 thousand children die of diseases caused by the environment. In Europe, 70% of cancers are linked to the environment: 30% to pollution and 40% to food. In Europe, cases of cancer in children have been increasing by 1.1% yearly for 30 years. In France, the number of cancers in males has increased by 93% in 25 years. In a little French community at the foot of the Cevennes Mountains, the mayor has decided to make the school canteen organic. Here as everywhere, people are confronted with the anxiety of the dangers of industrial and agro-chemical pollution. —mostra.org