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<\/a><\/p>\n(Natural News<\/a>) Despite the false propaganda of pesticide and herbicide producers who claim agricultural chemicals disappear after being sprayed on crops, a new research project from the\u00a0Environmental Working Group<\/em>\u00a0has found that 70% of U.S. fresh produce is contaminated with pesticide chemicals.<\/p>\n All pesticide chemicals are toxic to life. Otherwise, they wouldn\u2019t kill the living organisms that threaten crops. There is no such thing as a \u201cnon-toxic\u201d synthetic pesticide.<\/p>\n The EWG\u2019s research \u2014 released as\u00a0the 2019 Shopper\u2019s Guide to Pesticides in Produce<\/a>\u2014 found that 92% of grocery store kale contains two or more pesticides. From the EWG\u2019s announcement:<\/p>\n \u201cWe were surprised kale had so many pesticides on it, but the test results were unequivocal,\u201d said EWG Toxicologist Alexis Temkin, Ph.D. \u201cFruits and vegetables are an important part of everyone\u2019s diet, and when it comes to some conventionally grown produce items, such as kale, choosing organic may be a better option.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Notably, the EWG\u2019s report relied on USDA data which may be skewed in favor of pesticide producers, meaning the real severity of the pesticide problem across U.S. produce may be far worse than what is being reported. Here at Natural News, we have our own in-house mass spec laboratory for testing foods for pesticides and herbicides (see below for details).<\/p>\n Even if you take the USDA data as accurate, it means\u00a0Americans are eating toxic, cancer-causing poisons at nearly every meal<\/strong>\u00a0while food producers are profiting from the sale of toxic products that, much like smoking cigarettes, causes cancer and death.<\/p>\n 100% organic essential oil sets now available<\/strong>\u00a0for your home and personal care, including Rosemary, Oregano, Eucalyptus, Tea Tree, Clary Sage and more, all 100% organic and laboratory tested for safety. A multitude of uses, from stress reduction to topical first aid.\u00a0See the complete listing here<\/a>, and help support this news site.<\/em><\/p>\n Additional tests found that about 60% of U.S. kale tested positive for DCPA (Dacthal), a cancer-causing chemical that has been banned in the EU for the last decade. Strawberries and spinach were also found to be heavily saturated with pesticide chemicals, while the research found that pineapples and avocados had the lowest concentrations of pesticides. (That\u2019s because they naturally have thick skins and are difficult for pests to eat.)<\/p>\n Some kale samples were found to contain\u00a018 different pesticides<\/strong>. As reported by\u00a0The Guardian<\/a>, \u201c90% of Americans have detectable pesticide levels in their urine and blood.\u201d<\/p>\n The\u00a0corrupt EPA<\/a>\u00a0has also sold out to the pesticide industry and is now pro-pesticides across the board. As The Guardian explains, the EPA is currently working to protect a toxic chemical that causes birth defects:<\/p>\n The Environmental Protection Agency sets rules for how pesticides are used, but those rules do not necessarily prevent cumulative exposure in a person\u2019s diet. The agency is fighting a court order to ban chlorpyrifos, a pesticide that is associated with development disabilities in children.<\/em><\/p>\n As the EWG explains:<\/p>\n USDA\u2019s tests found a total of 225 different pesticides and pesticide breakdown products on popular fruits and vegetables Americans eat every day. Before testing, all produce was thoroughly washed and peeled, just as consumers would prepare food at home, showing that simple washing does not remove all pesticides.<\/em><\/p>\n Many consumers mistakenly believe that washing or peeling fruits and vegetables can remove the pesticide chemicals. This is a myth. In reality, pesticides are grown into the fresh produce and are found in\u00a0every living cell of the food<\/strong>. That\u2019s why, at\u00a0our laboratory where we test foods for pesticides and herbicides<\/a>, we don\u2019t have to use the peeling of the food sample. We simply grind up the entire food item and extract pesticides from all the cells at the same time.<\/p>\nNearly two-thirds of U.S. kale found contaminated with a toxic pesticide that\u2019s banned in the EU<\/h2>\n
All these pesticides were found even after washing and peeling fruits and vegetables<\/h2>\n