Removing Pesticide From Food


	Removing Pesticide From Food

fergalbarry

8-31-2009 2:10 PM

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health, nutrition, pesticide

fergalbarry says:

Well, now I know about the "dirty dozen", realistically, I'm going to have to figure out a way to make food safe when organic isn't an option...

The 1st link she references in the article sadly no longer works, so I have excluded it from the clip.

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