I think this website is really cool/interesting in that we can learn what is on our food and see how many things (pesticides) go into agriculture. The only thing, however, is that I wish I could specify where I am buying my products from so that I could get a more accurate rating/description of what is on my food.
Last night I had a hamburger for dinner. On it I put lettuce and tomato and it was on a wheat bun. I'm pretty surprised by the amount of possible pesticide residue on the produce (almost 35 different types of pesticides on the lettuce and tomato!). The tomato even had suspected hormone disruptors and probable carcinogens. The hamburger (beef) had 6 residues like DDE which fell under probable carcinogen, suspected hormone disruptor, and reproductive toxins. The bun had only 4 pesticide residues. Each of the ingredients of my dinner had likelihood of bee toxins.
Along with personal choices, like buying organic and washing or peeling produce, public health could step in to help. There could be mandated laws on what is used in food production, how many pesticides are used at one time (is this already a law?), and specific pesticides could be outlawed altogether in favor of developing healthier/less harmful alternatives.
Angela!!!!
ReplyDeletegood idea about being able to specify where you are buying product from. The more specificity, the better! Each ingredient in my meal for this blog had a likelihood of toxins too! now instead of asking how many calories is in my food choice, I am going to ask how many toxins am I going be eating for this meal? I like the mandated laws idea, hopefully that would cut down on toxins on our food! thanks for the post!