Food: more than 50% of fruits and vegetables contain pesticides

I’UFC-Que Choose has screened 14,000 foodstuffs. “The observation is that pesticides are extremely widespread in our food. (…) 51% of fruits and vegetables analyzed by UFC are contaminated by at least one molecule. This is especially true for products from conventional agriculture, but organic is not spared.“, explains the journalist Margaux Subra Gomez, present, Thursday, March 24, on the set of 12/13. Organic is however contaminated in very small proportions.

“Among the most contaminated foods are cherries, where nearly 92% of the samples analyzed contained pesticides, and also celery and grapefruit. she details. “On the other hand, in the study, there are still good students“, nuance the journalist, citing the example of asparagus, kiwi and cassava. “Health authorities now classify many molecules found as endocrine disruptors. They can promote the appearance of cancers, infertility, cause developmental problems“, concludes Margaux Subra Gomez.