Pesticides in foods report

se999

Hi,

Just spotted this on the BBC website, and thought people here might be interested, basically says about a third of foods contain pesticides, and about 1% are above the legal limit.

Here's the link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4296576.stm

competitionscafe

"..Thirty-nine of the 42 samples containing levels above the legal limit were either fruit or veg.

The others included a sample of infant food and two samples of oats.

Five of the pesticides detected originated from within the UK and 37 were from outside the UK...."

Another good reason to buy local and organic.

paul_h

competitionscafe wrote:

Another good reason to buy local and organic.

.. or in true money-saving style, grow your own!

I fully agree with you, I'm convinced that the amount of pesticides sprayed by farmers onto our food is responsible for some of todays illnesses, despite setting 'safe' limits.

John_Jackson_2

That's a very reassuring report. It's good to know that overall levels of pesticide are kept so low as to pose no risk.

This is reassuring too: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4634857.stm

Kippsy

Slightly off thread but did you know that "healthy" breads in supermarkets are bulked up with fat because then they can be bulked up even more with air and water? Just another comfort given by the advances in technology!