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Much of the Food We Eat Contains Pesticide Residues Part 2
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/652baccc-479e-460f-afa1-e89c17f5bf7e/9DB0393E-487F-4A74-9455-A49FA0941049/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.newint.org/issue323/apple.htm" href="http://www.newint.org/issue323/apple.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.newint.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newint.org/issue323/apple.htm"><B><FONT size="2">E is for Eggs </FONT></B><FONT size="2"><FONT size="1"> In the US, eggs, fish, meat and poultry are second only to dairy products in their contribution to the total adult intake of organochlorine pesticides.</FONT><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG width="92" height="102" align="right" src="http://www.newint.org/issue323/../ni_pix/transparent.gif" /></FONT></FONT></FONT></B></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT size="1"> Chickens eat </FONT><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"></FONT></FONT></B></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT size="1">pesticides in their </FONT><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"></FONT></FONT></B></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT size="1">food </FONT><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"></FONT></FONT></B></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT size="1">which then </FONT><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"></FONT></FONT></B></FONT><FONT size="1">contaminates their eggs.</FONT></FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newint.org/issue323/apple.htm"><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><FONT size="2">F is for Fish</FONT></B></FONT><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Pesticides are not often used directly on fish, but fish readily absorb pesticides from fresh or salt water. Studies in the Great Lakes region in the North America showed that eating contaminated fish can affect foetuses in the womb </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newint.org/issue323/apple.htm"><B><FONT size="2">G is for Grapes </FONT></B> Pesticide residues in grapes are also found in wine. But grape pests can be controlled by techniques which do not need pesticides. 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