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Wow. Does this mean that organophosphates aren't actually causing chemical damage, but are just a glucose source? On the one hand, that means that organophosphates are really not very toxic to humans. But also, it implies that exposures must be enormous.



I can't believe that organophosphates are ingested in amounts that would be a problem when converted to glucose. That would have to be tens of grams every day. Something else must be the culprit.


A point to be noted is that the study was done in India, where regulations on the amount of pesticide used may not be as enforced as in other developed countries.


But they're not pouring teaspoons of pure liquid pesticide in their tea every day...


Sure, but grams?


I would think the thing to investigate is the changes in the gut bacteria.

What do they do differently after the chronic exposure?




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