The 2009 EU report on pesticide residues, published today by EFSA, shows food on the European market is still heavily contaminated with cocktails of pesticides. The percentage of EU food in shops and markets with multiple residues remains at a high level of 25.1%, meaning only a slight improvement in the last 5 years of reporting. The highest reported number of pesticide residues in one food item remains at 26: One sample analysed in the Netherlands (raisins from Turkey) with 26 different pesticides!
Read press release at pan-europe.info
Thursday, November 17, 2011
EU food is still heavily contaminated with dangerous pesticides.
Posted by Willow at 4:37 pm
Labels: contaminated food, EFSA, EU, pesticides
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