Thursday, November 1, 2018
M8.3: Pesticides
I ate eggplant last night, and was shocked to check it out on this website! The website lists 18 different pesticide residues that could be present, which is absolutely mind blowing! Short of encouraging people to buy organic and working to develop less toxic pesticides, I am honestly not sure what can be done about this. I think trying to stop commercial farming from using pesticides is truly an uphill battle with lobbyists, billions of dollars and so on, but encouraging people to buy organic, and maybe financially supportive those who can't buy organic so they can do so might help. I think if these big companies start to find themselves with losses because people are buying elsewhere, simply from a financial standpoint, they would come around.
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Stay away from the eggplant, Doug! JK. We wouldn't eat anything if we were trying to avoid every possible exposure.
ReplyDeleteI think eggplant is gross and now I know why...18 chemicals!!! haha just kidding. No, it goes to show that no fruit or vegetable is safe.
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