Note: Green beans and kale have been recently added to thelist of produce with high
pesticide residues so it's important to buy these organic.
pesticide residue so I make it a point to buy organic coffee.
The Dirty Dozen are the 12 that have the most
pesticide residue so you definitely want to buy organic.
Not exact matches
So we don't want to ingest any harmful
residues from
pesticide and synthetic chemical fertilizer which are used in conventional farming.
Organic cotton is grown without synthetic
pesticides or fertilizers,
so there are no
residues in the fabric when it gets to your nursery.
The EPA normally establishes
so - called tolerances — the amount of
pesticide residue in produce, grains, and processed food that is considered tolerable — in a three - step process based on animal tests paid for and conducted by the manufacturers themselves.
Sadly, kale took the number 12 spot on the 2011 Dirty Dozen list,
so try to buy organic to avoid
pesticide residues.
To get organic certification it has to have a
pesticide residue less than a certain percent
so it may still contain
pesticides.
* Conventional blueberries were found to have the
residues of 52 different
pesticides so choose organic.
Most of these oils are also high in
pesticide residue and are refined or processed
so that little to no nutrient value is left.
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.
* Kale may contain
pesticide residues of special concern
so choose organic.
While yes, organic clothing is certainly worth it, the benefit of used clothing is that it has been sufficiently washed
so that
pesticide residue is no longer an issue.
The reason for this is that
so much of the
pesticides are concentrated in the lemon's thick membrane (the peel) that any
residue which makes it to the inside of the fruit would be
so trace that there's no way it could make any difference or be harmful in any way.
With the way a lot of meat is contaminated with
residues of antibiotics,
pesticides and herbicides, hormones, etc. and how unhealthy
so many animals are in these feed lots, it makes sense not to go overboard on regular grocery store meats.
The grain that ends up in pet food may contain mold or excessive
pesticide residues,
so it makes sense to look for alternatives, but white potatoes and green peas (the most common substitutes) are even higher on the glycemic index than grain — a serious issue for cats, who are susceptible to diabetes from the wild insulin swings these foods cause).