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Dirty Dozen fruits and veggies with pesticides
 Posted by:
Jgunn
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Date: June 03, 2010 04:31AM plus 15 low pesticide sprayed ones..[www.cnn.com]
funny i would have thought kiwis would be heavy sprayed go figure ...Jodi, the banana eating buddhist  Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/03/2010 04:31AM by Jgunn. Re: Dirty Dozen fruits and veggies with pesticides
Posted by:
Curator
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Date: June 03, 2010 06:05AM Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo *cries* :/... most of my favorites are on that list, and with no garden to call my own at the moment, and the distinct lack of organic produce in this area, I am not a happy camper  ...sigh... well I guess that means there will at least be a huge market locally for whatever I grow If my friends uncle ends up letting me cultivate some of his land... I'll make sure to print out fact sheets for people,lol...Re: Dirty Dozen fruits and veggies with pesticides
Posted by:
flipperjan
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Date: June 04, 2010 10:19AM I read the other day that California uses twice as much pesticide etc by weight than any other state in America - the most heavily contaminated fruit being grapes and strawberries. Re: Dirty Dozen fruits and veggies with pesticides
Posted by:
Curator
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Date: June 06, 2010 03:30AM ugh I try to ignore those figures...lol...Re: Dirty Dozen fruits and veggies with pesticides
Posted by:
Tamukha
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Date: June 06, 2010 04:22PM Curator,
A 50/50 solution of white vinegar and warm water, followed by a 15 minute soak and thorough rinse eliminates most chemical residue and pathogens. Wash, wash, wash! Re: Dirty Dozen fruits and veggies with pesticides
Posted by:
juicerkatz
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Date: June 06, 2010 08:30PM Tamukha Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Curator, > > A 50/50 solution of white vinegar and warm water, > followed by a 15 minute soak and thorough rinse > eliminates most chemical residue and pathogens. > Wash, wash, wash! We use a homemade water/vinegar/lemon juice solution. For pineapple/strawberries/apples etc. we wash as you suggested. However, we have not been doing a 15 min. soak...maybe we should. But, we use only organic produce, so hopefully any residue on those would be very minimal. Re: Dirty Dozen fruits and veggies with pesticides
Posted by:
Tamukha
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Date: June 06, 2010 10:50PM jk,
I don't fuss that much about the soaking time if the produce is organic. Re: Dirty Dozen fruits and veggies with pesticides
Posted by:
Anonymous User
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Date: June 07, 2010 12:07AM 50/50? I've just been adding a splash of vinegar to my soak water, darn it. Better see if anyone has a costco membership so's I can buy one of those car sized jugs... Re: Dirty Dozen fruits and veggies with pesticides
Posted by:
Curator
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Date: June 07, 2010 10:41AM Ditto on the car sized jug for me!!! I mean I wash thoroughly, but its been just with normal water, and from what ive read, soft fruits and veggies with thin skins, tend to have pesticides not just on but inside of them, so does this method help with that too? Re: Dirty Dozen fruits and veggies with pesticides
Posted by:
Tamukha
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Date: June 07, 2010 12:51PM Curator,
Vinegar and water is supposed to work for everything superficial. [sigh]The problem with conventional produce is that many of the seeds are incubated in pesticides, to make the mature plant resistant to their toxic effects. By the time the fruit has ripened, it's not possible to know, short of sending it to a lab, whether those germination chemicals aren't part of the plant's cellular matrix. That's why, if it's the last thing I do, I will destroy Monsanto and their ilk. So help me, er, fill-in-the-blank. Re: Dirty Dozen fruits and veggies with pesticides
Posted by:
Curator
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Date: June 07, 2010 02:20PM ugh...now Im really really hoping my friends uncle lets me farm some of the land he is gonna buy...all those wonderful organic veggies and fruits I could grow on so much land...<3 Re: Dirty Dozen fruits and veggies with pesticides
Posted by:
eaglefly
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Date: June 10, 2010 02:10PM Thank God that pretty much all I eat is available organic within a 30 min drive from me! Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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