Pesticides Cause For Concern

Title:
Pesticides: Cause For Concern?
Word Count:
500
Summary:
Many people are, in my opinion, rightly concerned about pesticides. 31,000 tons of pesticides

Keywords:
pesticides,health,organophosphates,nutrition,farming,food,fruit,vegetables,milk

Article Body:
Many people are, in my opinion, rightly concerned about pesticides. 31,000 tons of pesticides
PAN UK (formerly the Pesticide Trust) cites studies that have shown:
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non-organic oranges analysed contained pesticide residues
apples analysed contained pesticide residues
all fruit and vegetables analysed had detectable levels of pesticides
lettuce contained residues from 7 or more chemical
cereal bars with residues
oily fish showed pesticide residues

Looking at the health risks of pesticides is difficult because many of the risks may be long t
There are two basic types of pesticides:

· Organochlorides kill pests by attacking their central nervous systems. Linked to cancer, bir

· Organophosphates interfere with nerve conduction in pests. They are the most common pesticid
Governments control the use of pesticides through legislation, and there are various lists of
How effective is pesticide policing?

Investigations continually show that illegal and dangerous pesticides are appearing in food. T

There are likely to be commonly used pesticides that will prove eventually to be harmful. This

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