This link has been bookmarked by 19 people . It was first bookmarked on 28 Jul 2008, by EricSchlissel.
-
22 Feb 10
-
30 Dec 09
-
17 Jun 09
-
26 Jan 09
-
01 Aug 08
-
31 Jul 08
-
30 Jul 08
-
29 Jul 08
-
-
Foods You Don't Have to Buy Organic The Environmental Working Group (www.ewg.org) is a nonprofit organization that advocates in Washington D.C., for policies that protect global and individual health. Among the many valuable services they provide is a Shoppers' Guide to Pesticides in Produce. It is based on the results of nearly 43,000 pesticide tests performed on produce and collected by federal agencies between 2000 and 2004. Nearly all of the data used took into account how people typically wash and prepare produce - for example, apples were washed and bananas peeled before testing. Of the 43 different fruit and vegetable categories tested, the following twelve foods do not have to be organic. These had the lowest pesticide load, and consequently are the safest conventionally grown crops to consume from the standpoint of pesticide contamination:
-
-
28 Jul 08
Would you like to comment?
Join Diigo for a free account, or sign in if you are already a member.