BUG LIFE By J.Shaw

BUG LIFE

I like insects. They are beautiful, fascinating and essential for pollination. But I am a little concerned with the way insects are being pushed as the future for food for humans.

On the 4th of July 2022, the European Union approved insects as human food. These include Crickets, Mealworms, and Grasshoppers.
Scientists are now proposing introducing insects to Primary School children in the school meal program.
Might be worth proceeding with caution on this subject, before we start a large-scale experiment with young children.

Consider:

-Chitin (exoskeleton of arthropods),
has not been proven to be easily consumed in large quantities by humans.

-Humans have not evolved to consume large quantities of insects.
We have evolved as omnivores, with a diverse diet, a small part of which is insects in some cultures.

-We have just emerged from a Global pandemic, the cause of which has still not been identified, but one cause could be zoonotic pathogens, where the infectious disease jumps from non-human animals to humans.

-Insects are mycotoxin and fungi powerhouses.

Might be worth proceeding with caution.


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