Pesticides in Our Food!I’ve covered different areas of our food, mainly fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts and spices. I’ve given you a lot of information about the healing properties of these foods.
This week, I’m going to let you know about eating the 12 most contaminated fruits and vegetables will expose a person to about 15 pesticides per day, on average. Most Contaminated: THE DIRTY DOZEN Consistent with two previous EWG investigations, fruits topped the list of the consistently most contaminated fruits and vegetables, with seven of the 12 most contaminated foods. Among the top six were four fruits, with peaches leading the list, then apples, nectarines and strawberries. Cherries, pears, and imported grapes were the other three fruits in the top 12. Among these seven fruits: - Nectarines had the highest percentage of samples test positive for pesticides (97.3 percent), followed by peaches (96.6 percent) and apples (92.1 percent).
- Peaches had the highest likelihood of multiple pesticides on a single sample — 86.6 percent had two or more pesticide residues — followed by nectarines (85.3 percent) and apples (78.9 percent).
- Sweet bell peppers had the most pesticides detected on a single sample with eleven pesticides on a single sample, followed by peaches and apples, where nine pesticides were found on a single sample.
- Peaches had the most pesticides overall with some combination of up to 42 pesticides found on the samples tested, followed by apples with 37 pesticides strawberries with 35.
Sweet bell peppers, celery, spinach, lettuce, and potatoes are the vegetables most likely to expose consumers to pesticides. Among these five vegetables: - Celery had the highest of percentage of samples test positive for pesticides (94.1 percent), followed by sweet bell peppers (81.5 percent) and potatoes (81.0 percent).
- Celery also had the highest likelihood of multiple pesticides on a single vegetable (79.8 percent of samples), followed by sweet bell peppers (62.2 percent) and lettuce (33 percent).
- Sweet bell peppers was the vegetable with the most pesticides detected on a single sample (11 found on one sample), followed by celery and lettuce (both with nine).
- Sweet bell peppers were the vegetable with the most pesticides overall with 64, followed by lettuce at 49 and celery with 30.
There is a little secret that one must know about pesticides in our food supply. Many pesticides made in the U.S. are not allowed to be sprayed on our food. These are sold to countries overseas whom spray their crops with banned U.S. pesticides which are imported back to the us to eat. Go figure that one out! Be blessed and Be healthy! Ward W. Bond, Ph.D. |
