Pesticides is chemicals that kill unwanted pest. Pest that is include insects, birds, worms, mosquitoes, and microbes. Farmer spray pesticides in there crops to avoid destroying their plantations. It can save farmers money by preventing the lost of crops, decreasing food prices, and decrease in world hunger. The drawbacks of pesticides carries a toxicity to environment, animals, humans and especially HONEY BEES.
Pesticides are spray in the air when planes come across the plantations. An when it sprays some of the pesticides are carried by wind and contaminate certain areas. Pesticides can causes water pollution and soil contamination. Thats why the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have to step in to regulate the proper usages of pesticides. Some people are concerns that pesticides that use on our food crops can be dangerous in the long term effects. The residue after the farmer spray in there crops will remain in our environment.
When purchese fruits and vegetables, waste it thoroughly with water and use a potato peeler to peel of the skin. Here is websites says, which fruits or veggie has the most pesticides on it: http://www.foodnews.org/. If you are extremely want to eat healthy, please look for a sign that says, Certified Organic Growers for vegetables and fruits, but it will cost you extra $$$. Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving!!!! 
This is the website http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/securty.htm concerning the usage of pesticide in our foods.
5 comments:
Super useful. I'm buy from Union Square whenever I can because it's super fresh
Wow, it is very knowledgeable website. This is what I want.
Whenever I eat food, I wonder how much pesticide has used for food.
It is so harmful and cause environmental pollution.
One of good things that we have to do is to invent natural pesticide!!
I agree with your blog. There are too many vegetables and fruits that look fresh, however, these days I can not trust them. I want to go Union Square to shop for fresh veggies and fruits.
i think ur website is pretty much interesting and it has alot to say about pesticides and plus it gives you enough information and you are so right about how many fruits and vegetables looks fresh but you can never trust them because they can contain harmful pesticides which can harm you in many ways.
I am all for the green markets that are set up in the five boroghs the one in union square is my favorite and is the largest as well as it is open all year around. The green market as well supports the local farmers in our state which is cool cuase it helps the economics of our state. I suffer from the pesticides that are used on the fruit and vegtables because I am allergic to them. So it bad in many different ways for peoples health.
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