Friday, May 18, 2007

TOPIC 6: Pesticides in a third of all our foods

Fruits and vegetables contain pesticides. Fruit and vegetables, meat and poultry, cereal products, tea, olive oil, fruit juice and infant foods were tested for pesticides and was found that there were no residues found in chicken, eggs, infant formula, kidneys, milk or swede. At very low levels pesticides are not a concern to health. We are all exposed to chemicals in the environment every day, but whether they are toxic or not is down to the level of the dose.
conclusion: Eating fruits containing low levels of pesticides are not harmful to our body. There is more good in eating fruits containing little pesticides than to eating those that do not contain pesticides at all such as pest free, betta quality fruits and vegetables.

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