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Unsafe levels of pesticide residues in food
Consumers are being routinely exposed to unsafe levels of pesticide residues in their food, which are nevertheless still within legal limits, warns the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) today. More than 5% of fruit, vegetables and other foods carried harmful pesticide residues, which posed "appreciable" health risks to consumers. One pesticide, Imazalil, exceeded the safe limit on 79% of oranges sampled according to tests by PAN.
Read the article here (25 Sept)
