BAC writes

"Oz" wrote in message

So far as I am aware allowed pesticide levels in treated produce are not
related to subsequent treatment by the purchaser (which may, or may not,
reduce levels further).


Yes, but I was thinking more of people eating 'wild' foods, not produce,
e.g. Colin's one man eatathon to rid the country of J Knotweed, which might
well have taken a sizeable dose of God Knows What a few hours before he
harvested it.

Anyone taking 'wild' food from inside an arable field that he doesn't
know the treatment of is being a tad naive.

If you want wild food, take it from wild places.

Further the ADI is in essence set by the maximum amount of that produce
a consumer could theoretically eat. There are stories about excessive
proposed intakes such as the one where the proposed possible carrot
intake was close to 100% of diet (they might be carrot loving
veggies...), and was well over the toxic intake for the carrots
themselves. In this situation you wouldn't be harmed by the pesticide,
but would be killed by the carrots.


So what is the deadly dose of carrots,

It's a lot, but quite easily reached if you try.


and does it alter if they are cooked?

Not as far as I am aware.

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Oz
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