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Pesticides you could find in your food (and water) The twin controversies in 2003 regarding pesticide content in bottled drinking water and aerated beverages in India hardly came as a surprise to many working with the environment and in farming. The pesticide problem is compounded in India because many pesticides banned abroad are manufactured / dumped and sold freely here. Pesticides are not bio-degradable, are highly toxic and find their way into ground water and water bodies, contaminating them and rendering them unfit for drinking purposes. Remember that even if you blame (though rightly-so) a beverage manufacturer for allowing pesticide residues in their products and treating human life so cheaply, the fact remains that pesticides entered the water supply in the first place only because of the agriculture system which used them. These
are some of the pesticides you can find in the food you eat. The list is
not, unfortunately, exhaustive. To know how some of these pesticides
affect humans and the environment, click here.
Food
product Contaminant
pesticides Apples Diphenylamine,
Captan, Endosulfan, Phosmet, Azinphos-methyl Bananas Diazinon,
Thiabendazone, Carbaryl Bell
Peppers Methamidophos,
Chlorpyrifos, Dimethoate, Acephate, Endosulfan Broccoli DCPA,
Methamidophos, Demeton, Dimethoate, Parathion Cabbage Methamidophos,
Dimethoate, Fenvalerate, Permethrin, BHC Cantaloupes Methamidophos,
Endosulfan, Chlorothalonil, Dimethoate, Methyl Parathion Carrots DDT,
Trifluralin, Parathion, Diazinon, Dieldrin Cauliflower Methamidophos,
Endosulfan, Dimethoate, Chlorothalonil, Diazion Celery Dicloran,
Chlorothalonil, Endosulfan, Acephate, Methamidophos Cherries Parathion,
Malathion, Captan, Dicloran, Diazinon Corn Sulfallate,
Carbaryl, Chlorpyrifos, Dieldrin, Lindane Cucumbers Methamidophos,
Endosulfan, Dieldrin, Chlorpyrifos, Dimethoate Grapefruit Thiabendazole,
Ethion, Methidathion, Chlorobenzilate, Carbaryl Grapes Captan,
Dimethoate, Dicloran, Carbaryl, Iprodione Green
Beans Dimethoate,
Methamidophos, Endosulfan, Acephate, Chlorothalonil Lettuce Mevinphos,
Endosulfan, Permethrin, Dimethoate, Methomyl Onions DCPA,
DDT, Ethion, Diazinon, Malathion Oranges Methidathion,
Chlorpyrifos, Ethion, Parathin, Carbary Peaches Dicloran,
Captan, Parathion, Carbaryl, Endosulfan Pears Azinphos-methyl,
Cyhexatin, Phosmet, Endosulfan, Ethion Potatoes DDT,
Chlorpropham, Dieldrin, Aldicarb, Chlordane Spinach Endosuslfan,
DDT, Methomyl, Methamidophos, Dimethoate Strawberries Captan,
Vinclozolin, Endosulfan, Methamidophos, Methyl Parathion Sweet
Potatoes Dicloran,
DDT, Phosmet, Dieldrin, BHC Tomatoes Methamidophos,
Chlorpyrifos, Chlorothalonilo, Permethrin, Dimethoate Watermelon Methamidophos,
Chlorothalonil, Dimethoate, Carbaryl, Captan Source : "Return to the Good Earth", Third World Network To know more about the effects of pesticides on our bodies, the environment and on wildlife, you may follow these links : http://www.chem-tox.com/pesticides/index.htm http://www.nrdc.org/health/pesticides/default.asp http://www.toxicslink.org/index1.php?prg=issues.php&id=pesticide http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/nature/ http://www.foodnews.org/fqpa.php http://www.beyondpesticides.org/main.html http://www.panna.org/resources/advisor.html http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/2003/pesticide2003.htm Please note : we do not necessarily endorse the material that you may read by clicking on these links. Material on these web pages can change often. Kindly report a dead link or one that you find is inappropriate to links@satavic.org Please feel free to suggest adding a link on this page if you find it useful and interesting. Write to links@satavic.org Read also on this website : The real effects of pesticides 18 ways how "modern" farming affects our world Myths and fallacies about organic farming Hunger, and why technology cannot feed the world Issues related to organic farming General information on organic farming To order satavic.org on CD, click here Copyright © 1999-2008 by Satavic Farms. All rights reserved. Disclaimer |
