I heard you should only buy organic strawberries because they absorb pesticides in conventional farming?
I've heard that washing them as they absorb the pesticides. I usually buy them at my local supermarket which has a wonderful selection, and their produce LOOKS good (and tastes good too). Is the pesticide concern great enough with any other produce that one should make the extra effort to buy organic?
asked 3 years ago
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I've heard that about strawberries and about peaches as well. Fruits and veggies with tougher skin tend to be less susceptible. I've referred to the list of top ten foods to choose as organic as well. It's definitely worth the extra change to buy pesticide-free food when you know a particular food is really susceptible to the toxins!
Cheers,
Dana
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With some fruits, such as bananas, the pesticide risk is so low that you might just as well buy the regular kind from the super market. Bananas grow 30 feet off the ground and have that thick skin to protect them from pesticides.
Strawberries, on the other hand, grow low to the ground. They're easy targets for bugs. So what you get are strawberries that pretty much all have a pesticide residue, unless they're grown organically. Obviously the pesticide residue isn't enough to kill you or give you a seizure or something, but if you eat a lot of strawberries, it's a kind of slow poisoning.
News article of interest: http://au.todaytonight.yahoo.com/article/363892/consumer/chemical-reaction-strawberries
A list of pesticides commonly used on strawberries: http://www.pesticideinfo.org/DS.jsp?sk=1016
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