Sentences with phrase «more pesticide residue»

Based on the evaluated data collected by the USDA, the EWG found that there was significantly more pesticide residue on cherry tomatoes in comparison to regular tomatoes.

Some fruits and vegetables are more heavily sprayed than others and as a result they have a higher potential of having more pesticide residue.

... if you can't find or afford all organic produce, know that some fruits and vegetables have significantly more pesticide residue than others.

As well, cannabis, due to its unique makeup, is known to retain more pesticide residue than many edible plants.

Pesticide residue was detected in 98 % of strawberry samples; 10 or more pesticide residues were found in 40 % of them.

According to the Environmental Working Group, 92 % of conventionally grown apples contained 2 or more pesticide residues.

The Environmental Working Group says that prunes contain more pesticide residues than most other fruits or vegetables: http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/list.php

Not exact matches

The EWG found that almost 94 % of nectarine samples contained two or more pesticides, and at one of the samples of conventionally grown nectarines contained residues of 15 pesticides.

The EWG claims that more than 99 % of conventional peaches had detectable pesticide residues, while an average of four pesticides residues were found on conventional peaches.

The EWG found that the dirtiest single strawberry sample contained 22 pesticide residues, while one - third of all conventional strawberry samples contained 10 or more pesticides.

His deregulation economic agenda will affect every other aspect of Canadian life: self - regulation in food safety; self - regulation in airline safety; «harmonising» regulation with the deregulated U.S. on pesticide residues on fruits and vegetables; abandoning separate Canadian testing of new drugs and much more.

Not only did the Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte recipe not have a bit of real pumpkin, it was laced with mounds of sugar, pesticide residue, artificial flavors, preservatives, sulfites and more (Click HERE to read more about what's really in a Starbucks PSL.)

Multiple pesticide residues are very rare — only 5.5 % of Clean Fifteen vegetables showed traces of more than 1 pesticide.

If both the EPA standards and USDA organic standards were too low for pesticide residue, probably more than 90 % of the U.S. food supply would not be eligible for sale.

One particular study found that levels of the extremely toxic metal, cadmium, were 48 per cent lower in organically grown produce, and pesticide residues were four times more likely to be found in conventionally grown crops.

This sounds more significant than it is, because the levels of cadmium and pesticide residue in the non-organically grown produce were still below the safety limits.

According to USDA and many studies, organic baby food is not more nutritious than other types, but using organic baby food could reduce your child's exposure to synthetic pesticide residue.

Find out more about the pros and cons of peeling produce for your baby, plus tips for minimizing the risk to your baby from pesticide residues.

No need to worry about suspected carcinogens (sulfates, parabens, formaldehyde, synthetic fragrances and colorants and more) or pesticide and herbicide residues, as well as contamination from chemical fertilizers.

Some people might buy organic baby food to limit their babies» exposure to these residues — since infants might be more susceptible to harm potentially caused by pesticides than are adults.

Eating more low - pesticide residue fruits and vegetables was not associated with worse pregnancy and live birth outcomes.

Results of the study indicate that eating more high - pesticide residue fruits and vegetables (for example, strawberries and raw spinach) was associated with a lower probability of pregnancy and live birth following infertility treatment.

His group's study also found that conventionally grown farm crops are four times more likely than organic crops to contain pesticide residues.

Bottom Line: Eating more fruits and vegetables with high - pesticide residue was associated with a lower probability of pregnancy and live birth following infertility treatment for women using assisted reproductive technologies.

Organic farming is better for your health: one study found organic fruits have more antioxidants and less pesticide residue.

For example, the superbug MRSA, which can cause hard - to - treat skin infections, appears to contaminate approximately 5 % of U.S. retail meat; mysterious skin hives or allergic reactions may be a sign of alpha - gal meat allergies; a lack of safety thresholds in U.S. meat for drug residues, toxic metals, and pesticides can potentially result in jaundice and skin cancer; a case of Vitamin A poisoning from fish actually resulted in one man experiencing such serious peeling of his skin it took more than three months to heal; using tanning beds instead of natural sunlight or supplements to get Vitamin D is linked to an increased risk of the deadliest kind of skin cancer; milk consumption has been associated with increased acne risk; and low antioxidants levels in the skin may correlate with the development of wrinkles.

The researchers also found pesticide residues were three to four times more likely in conventional foods than organic ones, as organic farmers are not allowed to apply toxic, synthetic pesticides.

Organic foods and crops have a host of advantages over their conventional counterparts, including more antioxidants and fewer pesticide residues, according to a study published in the British Journal of Nutrition.

Hence, more than 60 % of the non-organic spinach tested by the FDA contains pesticide residue.

By choosing organic, one hopes to shift exposures from a range of uncertain risk to more of a range of negligible risk, but even if all we had to eat were the most pesticide - laden of conventional produce, there is a clear consensus in the scientific community that the health benefits from consuming fruits and vegetables outweigh any potential risks from pesticide residues.

How can a concerned shopper know which fruits and vegetables are more likely to have pesticide residues?

The exception is fermented soy, which I'll explain more about later and even worse GMO soy that is contaminated with large pesticide residues as the reason it is GMO is so they can spray the potent toxic herbicide Roundup on them to improve crop production by killing the weeds.

If you are concerned about pesticide residues and can afford to spend more, organic produce may be a choice for you.

«I've always said that it would be wise to learn which crops are more likely to carry pesticide residues and in those instance to try to get organic versions or to reduce consumption or avoid the conventional varieties.»

In two - thirds of the items tested, residues of more than one pesticide were detected, with some individual samples containing as many as 13 different chemicals.

«But as I commented at scienceprogress, the way I see the ledger, the religious Right gets a handful of anti-science points for views on evolution (and related rationalizations about the age of the earth, etc.), and for some dismissal of climate change theory, but the Left gets many more anti-science points for exaggerating the health and ecological risks of POPs; DDT; GMOs; plastics and plasticizers; pesticide residues; conventional agriculture; low - dose EM radiation; high - tension powerlines; climate change; population growth; resource depletion; chemical sweeteners; species extinction rates; biodiversity decline; and I'm sure the list could go on.

Each day seems to bring more pesticide spills and injuries, more poisoned food, more contaminated drinking water, more dead zones and more residues on our food.

The news that grade school aged children shed measurable pesticide residues in their urine is going to have parents «getting» more organic produce.

When compared to conventional produce, organic has more antioxidants, fewer toxic metals, and less pesticide residue.

Based on the tests, EWG found that nearly 70 percent of samples of 48 types of conventional produce were contaminated with residues of one or more pesticides.