Persephone wrote:

On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:36:34 -0500, sherwindu
wrote:

As far as fruits are concerned, almost no pesticide penetrates the outer skin,
so peeling fruits eliminates much of this problem.

It has been my understanding -- corrections welcome if fact-based --
that apples, e.g. among the most-sprayed fruits, have toxic seeds
as well as skins.

Your understanding, but where is your documentation?

Anyways, even if true (which I doubt), who eats the apple seeds?

Sherwin D.



Persrphone

If the grower does his job
right, he
does not spray anything a few weeks before harvest. The sun will burn off
almost
all of the pesticide. Simple washing of fruit with even plain water removes a
good
deal of any latent pesticide. Soap would even be better. There is no guarantee
that
fruit labled organic has not been sprayed with chemicals. If an orchard is
under a
heavy insect attack, normal organic defenses will not do the job and they will
spary
to save their crop.

But then they cannot sell the fruit as organic, nicht wahr?

At least until this Administration succeeds in their current scheme to
allow much larger amounts of non-organic content into food labeled
"Organic".

Quiz: How many are aware of this plan, and how many have protested to
their elected officials?

After all, that is their livelihood and they can't afford
to lose all
their investment. The best insurance is to either peel or wash all store bought
fruit.

Sherwin D.

Billy Rose wrote:

I can't remember if I post this here recently so here goes.

http://www.foodnews.org/

Pesticide load on commercial produce.

The Full List: 43 Fruits & Veggies

RANK FRUIT OR VEGGIE SCORE

1 (worst) Peaches 100 (highest
pesticide load)

2 Apples 89

3 Sweet Bell Peppers 86

4 Celery 85

5 Nectarines 84

6 Strawberries 82

7 Cherries 75

8 Pears 65

9 Grapes - Imported 65

10 Spinach 60

11 Lettuce 59

12 Potatoes 58

13 Carrots 57

14 Green Beans 53

15 Hot Peppers 53

16 Cucumbers 52

17 Raspberries 47

18 Plums 45

19 Grapes - Domestic 43

20 Oranges 42

21 Grapefruit 40

22 Tangerine 38

23 Mushrooms 37

24 Cantaloupe 34

25 Honeydew Melon 31

26 Tomatoes 30

27 Sweet Potatoes 30

28 Watermelon 28

29 Winter Squash 27

30 Cauliflower 27

31 Blueberries 24

32 Papaya 21

33 Broccoli 18

34 Cabbage 17

35 Bananas 16

36 Kiwi 14

37 Sweet peas - frozen 11

38 Asparagus 11

39 Mango 9

40 Pineapples 7

41 Sweet Corn - frozen 2

42 Avocado 1

43 (best) Onions 1 (lowest
pesticide load)

Note: We ranked a total of 43 different fruits and vegetables but grapes
are listed twice because we looked at both domestic and imported samples.

- Billy
Coloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly)