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Kendal Archer says it is the government’s responsibility to legislate and big agriculture’s responsibility not to cover our food in chemicalsI read your article (‘Forever chemicals’ linked to gut inflammation in children after early exposure, 24 July) on prenatal and early-life exposure to Pfas leading to higher levels of intestinal inflammation in children – and by extension colorectal cancer – with interest. Since my first pregnancy, I have grappled with the endless advice and...

Kendal Archer says it is the government’s responsibility to legislate and big agriculture’s responsibility not to cover our food in chemicals

I read your article (‘Forever chemicals’ linked to gut inflammation in children after early exposure, 24 July) on prenatal and early-life exposure to Pfas leading to higher levels of intestinal inflammation in children – and by extension colorectal cancer – with interest.

I’m a mum of two. Since my first pregnancy, I have grappled with the endless advice and contradictions on health. Should I use glass bottles of non-organic milk, or plastic bottles of organic milk. Organic broccoli wrapped in plastic, or plastic-free non-organic broccoli.

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