Much of the Food We Eat Contains Pesticide Residues Part 2


	Much of the Food We Eat Contains Pesticide Residues Part 2

SenorCoconut

7-7-2008 4:24 PM

94 views

Add a Comment

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

View the Top Clips from July 7, 2008

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/aacbb658-baca-41e8-a00c-3ffd932aaa84/9DB0393E-487F-4A74-9455-A49FA0941049/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.newint.org/issue323/apple.htm" href="http://www.newint.org/issue323/apple.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.newint.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newint.org/issue323/apple.htm"><B><FONT size="2">E 
              is for Eggs </FONT></B><FONT size="2"><FONT size="1">
In the US, eggs, fish, meat and poultry are second only to dairy 
              products in their contribution to the total adult intake of organochlorine 
              pesticides.</FONT><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG width="92" height="102" align="right" src="http://www.newint.org/issue323/../ni_pix/transparent.gif" /></FONT></FONT></FONT></B></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT size="1"> 
              Chickens eat </FONT><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"></FONT></FONT></B></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT size="1">pesticides 
              in their </FONT><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"></FONT></FONT></B></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT size="1">food 
              </FONT><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"></FONT></FONT></B></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT size="1">which 
              then </FONT><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"></FONT></FONT></B></FONT><FONT size="1">contaminates 
              their eggs.</FONT></FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newint.org/issue323/apple.htm"><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><FONT size="2">F 
              is for Fish</FONT></B></FONT><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> 
Pesticides are not often used directly on fish, but fish readily 
              absorb pesticides from fresh or salt water. Studies in the Great 
              Lakes region in the North America showed that eating contaminated 
              fish can affect foetuses in the womb </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newint.org/issue323/apple.htm"><B><FONT size="2">G 
                    is for Grapes </FONT></B>
Pesticide residues in grapes are also found in wine. But grape 
                    pests can be controlled by techniques which do not need pesticides. 
                    For <FONT size="2"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG width="76" height="119" align="right" src="http://www.newint.org/issue323/../ni_pix/transparent.gif" /></FONT></FONT></FONT></B></FONT></FONT>instance, 
                    the <FONT size="2"><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><B><FONT size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT size="2"></FONT></FONT></B></FONT></FONT>grape 
                    leafhopper in California has been controlled by leafhopper 
                    egg parasites.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/9DB0393E-487F-4A74-9455-A49FA0941049/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Blog; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Related Clips

More clips from SenorCoconut

Today's Top Clips