It's hard to control every potential pest problem in food production at the scale our country needs it. Pesticides, insecticides and herbicides help control the potentially harmful mold, mildew, fungi, weeds, bacteria, insects, and rodents that can damage crops or carry plant diseases.
Contrary to people's belief, the Department of Analytical Chemistry and The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station program showed that pesticides, insecticides and fungicide residues including vinclozolin, bifenthrin and chlorpyrifos were not removed when doing a simple rinse under the faucet.
More than twenty pesticides are still used in organic produce farming today including; copper sulfate, alcohols, chlorine products, hydrogen peroxide, and soaps. After all, organic farmers still face the same problem of harmful mold, insects and rodents that conventional farming deals with.
The National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy showed that Organic Farms use up to 21 times more pesticides per square acre than conventional non-organic farms. One pesticide, Rotenone, is a highly toxic and known carcinogen linked to Parkinson's Disease and Cancer.
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I thought organic produce was safe?
While organic produce is overall better than conventional, there are over 20 chemicals used in organic farming. Organic farmers still deal with pests, molds, and sprays from nearby farms.
What are Chlorpyrifos and Dichlorvos?
These are some of the insecticides used in food production. Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate insecticide. It’s used to kill pests on food and feed crops, animals, and buildings. It’s one of the most widely used pesticides globally. Dichlorvos is also an organophosphate insecticide used in greenhouses, food storage facilities, barns, and on livestock.
In California alone, growers applied 11.3 million pounds of pesticides to produce nearly 3 billion pounds of strawberries worth over $1.8 billion. Strawberries are the highest in concentration of pesticides and insecticides of all produce in your fridge.