Tuesday, July 6, 2010

New Jersey Farm!

We have solidified a deal with a new supplier of local, New Jersey veggies this week – Jeff’s Organic Produce. About half the veggies are from them and I look forward to a full season working with them!
Please don’t forget – We will not be having baskets the next 2 weeks – July 13th and July 20th. We will still have milk, eggs and cheese in the fridge so please feel free to come by and shop! Have a wonderful couple weeks!
Nitrates in Water and Food may Increase Thyroid Cancer Risks for Women
By Ward, MH, BA Kilfoy, PJ Weyer, KE Anderson, AR Folsom and JR Cerhand – Environmental Health News, June 29, 2010
Nitrates in drinking water and food increase risk of thyroid cancer and thyroid hormone disease.

Long-term exposure to nitrates through food and water may increase a woman's risk of thyroid disease, finds a study of older women in Iowa. Public water supplies contaminated with nitrates increased the risk of thyroid cancer in the women. Eating nitrates from certain vegetables was linked to increases in thyroid cancer and hypothyroidism, one type of thyroid disease.

This is the first study to show a link between nitrates and thyroid cancer in people, although nitrates have been shown to cause thyroid tumors in animal studies.
Enjoy! Marnie