Pesticides

BLOG about the following:
Recall your last night's meal.  Go to the What's on my Food website (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and enter the foods that comprised your meal. The information on the site is based on foods that are NOT "organic".
What did you find out about the pesticide residues that may be in or on your food? What do you think about this? What should we be doing about this in terms of public health, not just in terms of our personal choices?

Last nights meal:
  • homemade tomato soup
  • salad with avacado and cherry tomatoes
    • 1 pesticide residue was found for avacado
      • Imiprothrin 
    • 69 pesticide residue found for cherry tomatoes
      • Bifenthrin and Pyraclostrobin
    • 52 pesticide residue found for lettus were the most common
      • Imidacloprid and Mandipropamide were the most common

I found that a lot of the pesticide residues that were on my food from my meal last night were from the lettuce and the tomatoes.  I am assuming there weren't a lot found in the avocado because it has a thicker skin that protects it.  I did wash the tomatoes well before using them and for the soup I did peal the tomatoes first before using them which hopefully reduced the pesticides remaining.  I think this is really concerning.  I am a vegetarian and most of what I eat everyday is on this list and I wouldn't be surprised if there is a long cumulative list of pesticides that are found on my food everyday.  I think just more education for the public needs to happen so more people are aware of the pesticides residue that can be found on their food.  I also feel there needs to be more regulation on what is put on the food we eat everyday whether it is on a small local scale such as neighborhood gardens replacing store bough food, or on a larger scale with the city public health department and USDA getting involved. 

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