In this episode of Rooted & Restless, Marianne Smith Edge talks with Dr. S. Liza Lockwood, an emergency medicine physician, medical toxicologist, and medical affairs lead with Bayer U.S. Crop Science. She joins Marianne to talk about food safety, pesticides, natural toxins, and how scientists evaluate risk. Together, they explore why public concerns about chemicals in food often differ from actual scientific risk.

What We Cover

• Why toxicologists say “the dose makes the poison”

• Natural toxins in foods and plants

• How toxic substances contributed to medical discoveries

• The difference between hazard and real-world risk

• How modern agriculture improves food safety and food security

• What consumers should know about pesticides and crop protection

Marianne and Liza break down common questions about food safety, including naturally occurring toxins in foods, how farmers protect crops from mold and disease, and what consumers need to know about pesticides. They also explain the differences between U.S. and European pesticide regulations and why there’s an important distinction between something being potentially harmful and posing a real-world risk.

Guest: Dr. S. Eliza Lockwood, MD DFACMT, Medical Affairs, Bayer U.S. Crop Science

Twitter: @DrLizaMD

Web:  http://www.bayer.com