[NEWS] The Worst Supermarket Fruit and Veg for Pesticides

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While this article was written around UK studies, I felt it's important to know. Can you imagine what the US stats are?!?! 😮

Maira Butt writes for Independent:

“New tests have revealed the fruit and vegetables most affected by potentially cancer-linked pesticide mixtures. Using data released by the government last month, the Pesticide Action Network (Pan) UK found 12 food items were at risk of a ‘cocktail effect’, meaning several pesticides mixed together increase the toxicity level of the chemicals.

While the government’s health and safety food monitoring programs concluded that the vast majority of samples tested contained a safe level of pesticides, Pan UK said the report only tested individual pesticides and not a mix. Grapes were found to be the worst of all the food groups, with one sample containing the residue of at least 16 different pesticides. At least 90% of the 108 grape samples tested contained multiple pesticides.

Other foods affected included 79% of 24 lime samples, 67% of 73 banana samples, 49% of 96 sweet pepper specimens and 46% of 97 melons. Chilli peppers were found to contain 11 different pesticides, while one sample of broccoli contained eight.”

Read how 123 different chemicals were found in the 17 types of fruit and vegetable tested, which included 42 pesticides with links to cancer and 21 known to interfere with hormone systems

READ: “New Scorecard Warns: U.S. Food Retailers Lag on Reducing Harmful Pesticides”

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