"gary davis" wrote in message
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On 6/6/04 4:00 PM, in article ,
"David
Hill" wrote:

"......... lets say that we have a vegetable that is sprayed with
a
pesticide. The pesticide says that after 15 days it gets degraded
to non
toxic elements..............."

What this in fact means is that the pesticide will be inactive
within about
7 days, the rest of the time is the safety barrier that the
company has to
have to allow for people using it stronger than it should be, for
adverse
weather conditions etc that may slow down the plants metabolism.

As for washing the veg/fruit this does nothing for systemic
sprays, but
with the re introduction of old so called organic sprays then
washing is
good as most will remain on the surface.
Also a lot of fruit is either sprayed or dipped after picking to
maintain
condition in the box during transit and storage.

Finally...when it comes to buying from local "certified" organic
growers
(and many will say that anyone in the UK trying to make a living
from
growing Organic should be certified),

It is very tough to grow produce organically and especially to
be
certified. I quote what you wrote "(and many will say that anyone in
the UK
trying to make a living from growing Organic should be certified)".
Why do
you say that?

I think the main reason is that it is not particularly economic to
produce organic foods in the UK. That is why ours is imported from
countries with a poor underclass ripe for exploitation.

[snip]

Franz