Ag fertilizers, processed foods causing risks to “nitrosamine generation”

New research links higher exposure to fertilizer and processed foods with increased deaths associated with insulin-resistant diseases.

The prevalence rates of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and diabetes have increased exponentially over the past several decades and show no sign of plateau. Other diseases including HIV-AIDS, cerebrovascular disease, and leukemia did not exhibit those trends.

Neuropathologist Suzanne de la Monte, MD, MPH, of Rhode Island Hospital said we are living in “nitrosamine generation” that is receiving increased exposure to dangerous compounds, which pose a threat at low levels of exposure.

Full story: Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease