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The dangers of weed killers - Glyphostae aka Roundup, the hidden killer.
Tim Tyler writes
Data presented in this study show that a short rinse in tap water reduces pesticide residues on many types of produce (Table 1). Residues of vinclozolin, bifenthrin and chlorpyrifos were not reduced. This study also shows that the water solubility of pesticides does not play a significant role in the observed decrease. The majority of pesticide residue appears to reside on the surface of produce where it is removed by the mechanical action of rinsing (1). " - http://www.caes.state.ct.us/FactShee...y/fsac003f.htm Washing with water /is/ an effective method of removing pesticide residues from the surface of produce. No actual figures were given, which is very odd. After all 'significantly reduced' in this context means a reduction from 100 parts to 95 parts, whilst for most people they would hope it means to under 50%. The UK food agency recently said it wasn't effective at reducing traces. However it's worth washing to remove birdshit. -- Oz This post is worth absolutely nothing and is probably fallacious. Note: soon (maybe already) only posts via despammed.com will be accepted. |
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