Today, 1 in 3 American children has autism, allergies, ADHD or asthma.

What is driving these childhood epidemics? Ten years ago, we didn’t have this problem. Today, however, some pediatric specialists view our children as "canaries in the coalmine". So what has changed?

According to our brilliant friends at DrGreene.com, The Organic Center, Healthy Child Healthy World and the Environmental Working Group, there is mounting evidence (actually, colossal evidence!) that increasingly points to the chemical toxicity of our food supply and the impact that these chemicals are having on the health of our children.

Weren’t aware of that connection? Well, neither was I, so here’s what I learned:

In 1996, the United States adopted widespread use of genetically modified crops due to growing public concern over the health risks associated with the industrial spraying of insecticidal and pesiticidal toxins.

In an effort to reduce the spraying of these toxins, scientists began using biotechnology to engineer these pesticides and insecticides into the plants themselves to ensure corporate profitability of these agricultural commodities.

As these ingredients were introduced around the world ten years ago, government agencies in Europe, Asia, Australia, Japan, Russia and 45 developed countries required them to be listed on food labels, so that consumers could make informed choices when it came to feeding their families.

In the United States, our regulatory agencies do not require these genetically engineered ingredients to be labeled.

So, unlike other developed countries, we have not been informed that almost 70% of our corn, 90% of our soy and 75% of our processed food now contain neurotoxins, novel proteins and allergens.

Today one out of every three children suffers from allergies, asthma, autism or ADHD. It appears that we have unknowingly and without informed consent engaged our children in one of the largest human trials in history.

Ten years into this human trial, our children are trying to tell us something.

Shouldn’t we listen?

To learn more, please visit www.allergykids.com, where additional Resources are available, as well as www.drgreene.com and stay tuned for the next post in Robyn’s series and learn what you can do to protect the heath of your family!