Pesticides Pesticide Residues on Food
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- 6/8/2010
- United States Department of Agriculture
USDA Pesticide Data Program Annual Summary 2008
Each year the USDA's Pesticide Data Program collects information on pesticide residues found on the nation's food. The most recent report from data collected in 2008 shows that 98.2 percent of the analyses conducted on food samples did not contain any detectable residues at all. Of the 1.8 percent which did have residues, nearly all (99 percent) were below the safety limits established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The USDA reminds consumers that the mere presence of residues do not indicate the food is unsafe. They also note the PDP program is required by law to focus on products frequently consumed by infants and children. The Executive Summary of this report is available here and the full report can be accessed on the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service website under Download Data/Reports.
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- 6/3/2010
- Mark Weisskopf
Follow up to Study on ADHD and Pesticides
The co-author of a study associating pesticide metabolites with ADHD weighs in on media coverage of this report and encourages consumers to continue feeding their children healthy fresh fruits and vegetables.
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- 5/20/2010
- Marilyn Dolan, Rich Matteis, Bryan Silbermann, Tom Stenzel and Tom Nassif
Produce Industry Responds to Study on ADHD
Media coverage of a study published in the April 2010 issue of "Pediatrics" is misleading consumers to believe the should be concerned about their children's intake of fruits and vegetables because of an association between pesticide residues and Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD). In truth, the authors of this study did not come to this conclusion and health experts everywhere agree that people should be eating more fruits and vegetables of all kinds. Click above to view a letter from several U.S. produce associations to media reporters which seeks to set the record straight.
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- 8/24/2009
- Marilyn Dolan, Tom Nassif, Tom Stenzel, Bryan Silbermann
Safe Fruit
The Alliance for Food and Farming participates in a response to a page-one article in the Chicago Tribune from August 12, 2009 which severely overestimated risk from pesticide residues on fruit. This Letter to the Editor from several produce groups was printed in the Tribune and includes reputable sources to provide the facts on the safety of fresh fruits and vegetables when it comes to pesticide residues.
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- 11/19/2007
- American Institute for Cancer Research
Everything Doesn't Cause Cancer
The American Institute for Cancer Research has published this important document to inform consumers about diet and lifestyle choices which can prevent cancer. Of particular note is the statement by AICR that there is no proven link between pesticide residues on produce and cancer occurence.