A survey released by the U.S. Consumer Protection Group on the 13th pointed out that according to the test report of the United States Department of Agriculture, up to 98% contained pesticide residues in 700 apple samples. Among vegetables, celery had the most pesticide residues, saying that apples and celery are "the dirtiest." Fruits and vegetables” is not an exaggeration.
According to statistics from the my country Council of Agriculture, last year I imported about 40,000 metric tons of apples from the United States, ranking second in terms of import volume. From January to May this year, I imported nearly 29,000 metric tons from the United States, ranking first.
China's Food and Drug Administration stated that in 2009, U.S. apples were repeatedly detected with the pesticide "Anzafen" at customs, and China revised the safety tolerance standard for residual pesticides to 0.5ppm. In the past two years, it has been rare for U.S. apples to fail to meet the pesticide residue standards situation. On the contrary, due to repeated violations of my country's pesticide residue regulations in the past two years, the customs and border sampling rate of Korean apples has been increased to 100%.
The U.S. non-profit consumer protection group "Environmental Working Group" makes consumption recommendations to consumers based on inspections by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It released the "2011 Guidelines for Pesticide Residues in Products" and listed the "12 dirtiest fruits and vegetables", ranking after apples and celery. The order of the most pesticide residues is strawberries, peaches, spinach, imported nectarines, imported grapes, bell peppers, potatoes, local blueberries, lettuce, and cabbage; while those with the least pesticide residues include onions, corn, pineapples, avocados, and asparagus.
The "Environmental Working Group" stated that if you choose 5 portions of the "12 dirtiest fruits and vegetables" every day, you will eat an average of 14 different pesticides a day; if you choose 5 portions of the 15 clean fruits and vegetables, you will eat an average of 14 different pesticides a day. There may be less than 2 types of pesticides.
最近的三份研究報告指出，孩童幼年時吃到農藥，可能會導致學習、記憶與行為方面出現長期問題。美環境工作團表示，這份指南是希望讓消費者在傳統產品中找出最好的選擇，也讓消費者知道，購買哪些蔬果時，或許\會考慮購買有機產品。
資料來源: 自由時報 (2011-06-15)
