Much of the Food We Eat Contains Pesticide Residues Part 1


	Much of the Food We Eat Contains Pesticide Residues Part 1

SenorCoconut

7-7-2008 4:16 PM

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7-7-2008 6:33 PM

aklimento

The problem now is even more actual that 8 years ago. Much more expensive organic food is no guarantee also.

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              A is for Apple</FONT></B> 
The average Westerner consumes over 11 kgs of apples a year. Apples 
              are exported from at least 40 different countries. They are among 
              the most contaminated fruits - 98 per cent of all apples <IMG width="109" height="111" align="right" src="http://www.newint.org/issue323/../ni_pix/transparent.gif" />have 
              pesticides on them - four per apple on average.</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 size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><FONT size="2">
              B is for Bananas 
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              Most bananas are treated with chemicals when they're grown, harvested 
              and shipped. Plantations in Central America have the heaviest usage 
              - 30 kgs per hectare per year </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"><B><FONT size="2"> 
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Nine out of ten people in the West buy chocolate regularly. At least 
              30 pesticides are used in growing cocoa. In 1994 75 per cent of 
              72 samples of European chocolate tested contained low levels of 
              lindane (or gamma-HCH), a </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></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT size="1">pesticide 
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              in six </FONT><FONT size="1">countries</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></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT size="1"> 
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              In Egypt intensive fruit and vegetable production has meant large 
              pesticide inputs. More than 75% of pesticides are applied by aerial 
              spraying, exposing 1.26 million workers to potential poisons. </FONT></FONT></FONT></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/AEB873C3-4822-4C52-8345-EB849D15F789/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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