BTW, here is an interesting paper published by a couple of scientists from Berkley:
Pesticide Residues in Food and Cancer Risk: A Critical Analysis
http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cpdb/text/...toxicology.pdf
An interesting quote from the paper:
Quote:
We estimate that about 99.9% of the chemicals that humans
ingest are naturally occurring. The amounts of synthetic pesticide
residues in plant foods are low in comparison to the amount
of natural pesticides produced by plants themselves (Ames et
al., 1990a, b; Gold et al., 1997a). Of all dietary pesticides that
Americans eat, 99.99% are natural: They are the chemicals produced
by plants to defend themselves against fungi, insects, and
other animal predators. Each plant produces a different array of
such chemicals (Ames et al., 1990a, b).
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