An international research team from the Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health, within the Cyprus University of Technology and Emory University published the results of the ORGANIKO randomized clinical trial about the organic diet impact on children’s health. The aim of the trial was to investigate whether a 40-day organic diet could reduce exposure to common pesticides (e.g. 3-PBA) and affect the levels of biomarkers of oxidative stress/inflammation (e.g. 8-OHdG) in primary school children. 

The ORGANIKO trial results showed: i) the clear benefit of an organic dietary treatment by significantly lowering the body burden of pesticides (pyrethroids and neonicotinoids), and ii) significantly lower levels of biomarkers of oxidative stress/inflammation as the likely result of the pesticides’ body burden reduction in healthy 10-12 years old children in Cyprus. Such biomarkers of oxidative stress/inflammation are considered as early stage markers for a suite of chronic conditions, such as obesity, type II diabetes, or cancer.