Sunday, March 19, 2017

Pesticides

The foods I ate last night were asparagus, butter pork and wheat flour.

 Asparagus: 9 pesticide residues were found.  These are methyl(4.4%), chlorpyrifos(3%), linuron,(1.4%) carbaryl(0.8%), and cyhalothrin(0.5%) etc.

Butter : 19 pesticide residues were found.  These are DDE(78.5%), permethrin trans(27.2%), bifenthrin(25.4%), permethrin cis(25.3%), cyhalothrin(19.5%), spinosad (4%), piperonyl buttoned(2.4%), and propargite(0.9%) etc.

Pork : 3 pesticide residues were found.  These are carbaryl(2.8%), piperonyl butoxide(2.6%), and 1-naphthol(0.3%).

Wheat flour : 16 pesticide residues were found.  These are malathion(49.4%), chlorpyrifos methyl(20.7%), methoxychlor (2.9%), piperonyl buttoned(2.6%), pirimiphos methyl (2.1%), trifluralin(1.4%), and fluridone(0.6%) etc.

What do you think about this?
I was surprised that I have been consuming this much pesticides.  Although I don't even know most of the name of pesticides, I did not want to have the pesticides in my body.  I had a dinner at the restaurant last night, but I consider to eliminate the pesticides when I eat at home.  I use the fruit& vegetable washer I bought from Whole Foods as this picture.  However, I am always wondering how much this spray will wash off the pesticides from the foods. I am not even sure if this products can remove the pesticides based on their explanation on the label.  
   In term of public health, we should claim to announce to the people globally.  The advertisements or campaign about the problem of pesticides that is run by the government can help people to aware how serious it is.  In particular, we really have to fight with FDA to approve only foods that doesn't over the limit of pesticides(I doubt that we can eliminate the pesticides 100% ).  However, I think the most important thing is that more people need to aware that this is the problem.
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2 comments:

  1. ElenaMarch 20, 2017 at 3:30 PM

    Hi Yeana,

    In one of the articles we read, it discussed the use of these food sprayers/cleaners. Research found that the sprays were no more effective than simply scrubbing produce with either a soft or hard bristle brush depending on the fruit or vegetable's outer coating. I found this interesting because marketers have tricked us into thinking we need this product to protect ourselves, just like they have led us to believe we need bottled water and antimicrobial soap to be healthy.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 21, 2017 at 4:08 PM

    Hey Yeana,

    As you mentioned that you went to a restaurant the other night, it made me consider the use of pesticides in restaurant foods. I often go out to eat with my wife, because we both do not cook that much. Not only is this a burden on our finances, but it may also serve as a toxic burden for our bodies. I do not often see information available about where the products for the food are originally from, or if it is organic or non-organic. As a result, restaurant food certainly must serve as another route of toxic exposure.

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