The Environmental Working Group ran 43000 tests for pesticides on produce collected by the USDA and suggested that you can reduce up to 90% of your exposure by buying organic the twelve worst foods. Seems like a pretty easy way to reduce nasty chemical intake.
Twelve Most Contaminated Produce Apples Bell Peppers Celery Cherries Grapes (imported) Nectarines Peaches Pears Potato Raspberries Spinach Strawberries
So if I don’t buy a $15 bag of cherries I’m going to get cancer? Give me a break.
No, you’ll get cancer from consuming too many carcinogens, such as those found in pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, abraded fibers of treated textiles, treated lumber, paint, vinyl, plastics, “rubber”, detergents, antibacterial soap…
If someone put a drop of typical pesticide, like from a bottle of Ortho from Home Depot’s Garden section, into a glass of water, would you drink that glass of water? Would drink one glass per day, every day, for 20-30 years and expect no deleterious effects?
I read your statement (which is rather common among the public) as:
“So if you consume known cancer causing agents you shouldn’t expect to get cancer? Give me a break.”
Don’t worry, the coffee will kill you first, you addict!
Actually I’ll probably get hit by a train while out on a run distracted by my ipod and the blinding headache I’ll have from going cold turkey on the coffee.
