How pesticides persist even when you wash your fruit and veg

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How those pesticides persist even when you wash your fruit and

veg.

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Washing fruit and vegetables does not remove chemical pesticide

residues, tests commissioned by Government food watchdogs show.

One chemical, which has links to cancer, birth defects and infertility,

remained on the skin of apples despite the basic kitchen practice.

Others remained both on the outside of potatoes and within the flesh,

even after cooking.

The findings suggest that the most effective way to minimise the

chemicals found on fruit and vegetables is to peel them.

The Food Standards Agency insists that residues on fresh produce in the

UK are so low that there is no need to wash them.

However, many people, particularly parents, take this step in what is

now clearly the mistaken belief that it will offer added protection. At

the same time, green campaigners insist there is a 'cocktail effect' of

food crop chemicals on human health, even at low levels....

When they were cooked in their skins, the experts found 'some evidence

of transfer of residue from peel to flesh'.

Imazalil has been identified by U.S. authorities as a cancer risk.

Animal studies with chlorpropham found it caused inflammation of the

stomach lining.

Campaigner Nick Mole, of Pesticide Action Network UK, said: 'Repeated

exposure to low doses and mixtures can have a deleterious effect on

health, especially amongst the more vulnerable groups such as children.'....