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New pesticide rankings for 43 fruits and vegetables
Posted by:
jono
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Date: November 10, 2006 01:32AM >>The produce ranking was developed by analysts at the not-for-profit Environmental Working Group (EWG) based on the results of nearly 43,000 tests for pesticides on produce collected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration between 2000 and 2004.<<
Among the dirty dozen were peaches, nectarines, apples, strawberries, sweet bell peppers, cherries, pears, imported grapes, celery, spinach, lettuce, and potatoes. The consistently LEAST contaminated included avocados, pineapples, mangoes, kiwi, bananas, papaya, onions, sweet corn, asparagus, sweet peas, cabbage, broccoli. [www.foodnews.org] (scroll down for full list of rankings) [www.foodnews.org] (methodology) [www.ewg.org] (group who did the report) Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/10/2006 01:36AM by jono. Re: New pesticide rankings for 43 fruits and vegetables
Posted by:
tropical
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Date: November 11, 2006 01:05AM Thanks for posting all that info! I was glad to see that a lot of foods that I eat especially bananas, mangos, pinapples and kiwi were near the bottom of the list. Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/11/2006 01:07AM by tropical. Re: New pesticide rankings for 43 fruits and vegetables
Posted by:
arugula
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Date: November 11, 2006 11:57AM Color me contaminated! I ain't giving up my apples, grapes, lettuce, strawberries, or spinach. No way! Re: New pesticide rankings for 43 fruits and vegetables
Posted by:
Funky Rob
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Date: November 11, 2006 01:36PM Don't have to give them up, just try even harder to get those foods organic if you don't already.
Rob -- Rob Hull - Funky Raw My blog: [www.rawrob.com] Re: New pesticide rankings for 43 fruits and vegetables
Posted by:
arugula
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Date: November 11, 2006 05:58PM Well, yesterday I bought in pots some arugula, several varieties of rapini, several kales, wild chicory, and flat-leaf parsley. Those at least will be organic. But the local grower who supplies my grocer did not offer anything in pots aside from the chicory in the lettuce family, and lettuce family members are my main greens. The rest are peripherals in my diet.
I might have to try starting them from seeds. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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