{"id":17518,"date":"2020-02-06T06:16:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T12:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcertification.com\/?p=17518"},"modified":"2020-02-06T06:16:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T12:16:43","slug":"pesticide-residue-dangers-and-food-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foodsafetytrainingcourses.com\/blog\/articles\/food-safety-news\/pesticide-residue-dangers-and-food-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Pesticide Residue Dangers and Food Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to pesticides, our daily food choices can be detrimental to our health.
\nThe majority of pesticides used on U.S. farms do not show up on our food. Why is this a problem then? And how much pesticide exposure from your diet is too much? These questions depend both on the pesticide used and who\u2019s being exposed.
\nAccording to Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) analysis<\/a> of test data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, nearly 70 percent of the produce sold in the U.S. comes with pesticide residues.1<\/sup><\/span>
\nOther scientific studies have shown – that the remaining levels of pesticides left on our produce – can cause harm to fetuses, children in the short term, and adults long term.
\nUnfortunately, washing your fruits and veggies (while important) isn\u2019t much help when it comes to pesticides. Many of the pesticides used today are \u201csystemic,\u201d meaning they are taken up by roots and distributed throughout the plant \u2014 so no amount of washing will remove them.<\/p>\n

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CDC Chlorpyrifos Study<\/h3>\n

A study by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC),<\/a> sampled Americans for the insecticide chlorpyrifos, it showed up in 93 percent of people tested. 2<\/sup><\/span>
\nChildren (6 \u2013 11 years) showed levels almost twice as high as those of adults . Chronic exposure levels were 4.6 times the \u201cacceptable\u201d level for children and 3.0 times the \u201cacceptable\u201d level for youth (12 \u2013 19 years) . 2<\/sup><\/span><\/p>\n

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