Greenpeace Discovers Widespread Pesticide Abuse in Chinese Supermarkets
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2011-09-14
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Earlier this year, members of Greenpeace in China went undercover. Now, after pesticide testing, they’ve published the results of their findings on China’s food safety—or rather, lack thereof.
Fifty samples of vegetable and fruits, and 12 rice samples were collected from the “big three” supermarket chains, Tesco, Lotus and Lianhua, located across China in all the major cities. Greenpeace members conducted their own pesticide tests.
They found all of the supermarkets sold products with pesticide residue classified as hormone disruptors, and potentially harmful to unborn babies.
Two particularly dangerous items were spinach and leeks, which contained the chemicals procymidone and methamidophos at levels 149 and 52 times higher than the safe limit, respectively. The pesticide Methamidophos has been banned since 2007.
In China, a total of 1.7 tons of pesticide are sprayed every year. However, the process is poorly regulated. Food safety is an ongoing issue in the country, and attempts to curb problems have been largely ineffective.
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Earlier this year, members of Greenpeace in China went undercover. Now, after pesticide testing, they’ve published the results of their findings on China’s food safety—or rather, lack thereof.
Fifty samples of vegetable and fruits, and 12 rice samples were collected from the “big three” supermarket chains, Tesco, Lotus and Lianhua, located across China in all the major cities. Greenpeace members conducted their own pesticide tests.
They found all of the supermarkets sold products with pesticide residue classified as hormone disruptors, and potentially harmful to unborn babies.
Two particularly dangerous items were spinach and leeks, which contained the chemicals procymidone and methamidophos at levels 149 and 52 times higher than the safe limit, respectively. The pesticide Methamidophos has been banned since 2007.
In China, a total of 1.7 tons of pesticide are sprayed every year. However, the process is poorly regulated. Food safety is an ongoing issue in the country, and attempts to curb problems have been largely ineffective.
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