Pesticides

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Last night I made myself a vegetarian lentil Sheppards pie. These were the ingredients: 
- Potatoes 
- Green Lentils
- Mushrooms
- Carrots
- Tomatoes 
- Butter
- Onion

 Most of these ingredients were organic (I always try to buy organic whenever I can). But a few of the ingredients were not. The ones that were not mushrooms, potatoes and onions. 

 For the mushrooms there were 11 pesticides that could be found on them! Most of the pesticides were found in only small percentages of mushrooms but one chemical, Thiabendazole was found in around 52.2%.

 For the potatoes there potentially 35 pesticides that could be found on them! The most common pesticide was Chlorpropham and it was found on around 80% of potatoes. 

 I could not find onions on the site but I would be scared to know how many pesticides it could potentially have. 

 Overall, I think that it is extremely dangerous to have this many pesticides on our foods. Especially since we don't know how it could be effecting us. We know that some are bad for us but what if we combine all these chemicals, it could be very dangerous. I think it is a major public health concern and pesticides should be extremely regulated and only used when absolutely necessary.  

Comments

  1. Jordan DemosOctober 20, 2018 at 6:03 PM

    Hi Caitlin,

    First of all, Shepards pie sounds amazing right now. Secondly, Im really surprised to see the amount of pesticides on organic ingredients. Just imagine how many more would be present if the ingredients were not organic.

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  2. UnknownOctober 21, 2018 at 11:44 PM

    Hi Caitlin,

    Your meal sounds so good and healthy! But it amazes me how many pesticides are on the foods we eat. The percentage of each found on the produce is also pretty gross to think about.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 6, 2018 at 9:29 AM

    Hi Caitlin,

    It is crazy that even with a healthy meal like the one you made with mainly organic ingredients, you possibly consumed so many pesticides. After reading about all these different pesticides in our food, I wonder what can we even eat? Is anything even safe anymore. Or did our body adapt to this new ways of consuming food with pesticides...

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