know that vegetables and fruit are very useful to an organism of each person. However, experts agree in opinion that it is always necessary to be careful. As, there are a lot of fruit and vegetables contain huge amount of pesticides. Therefore, experts advise to do only reasonable purchases with advantage for health.
Vegetables and fruit which contain pesticides:
- Avocado
- Onions
- The sweet corn (frozen)
- Mango (subtropical and tropical)
- Pineapples
- The sweet pea (frozen)
- Kiwi (subtropical and tropical)
- Asparagus
- Cabbage
- Musky melon
- Eggplant
- Watermelon
- Sweet potato (sweet potatoes)
- Grapefruit
- Melon
- Cranberry
- Plum
- Large-fruited pumpkin
- Bananas
- Broccoli
- Tomatoes
- Cucumbers
- Cauliflower
- Musky melon (import)
- Oranges
- Grapes
- Red raspberry
- Green beans (import)
- Red pepper
- Cucumbers (import)
- Plums (import)
- Vegetable marrow
- Pears
- Carrots
- Green beans
- Bilberry (import)
- Grapes (import)
- Salad
- Potatoes
- Cabbage
- Cherry
- Spinach
- Smooth peaches (nectarine)
- Sweet paprika
- Bilberry
- Wild strawberry
- Apples
- Peaches
- Celery
However, the most unsafe for health according to experts appeared: wild strawberry, peaches, bilberry, apples, smooth peaches (nectarines), import grapes and cherries.
According to researches the largest amount of pesticides contained peaches. Nearly 100% of peaches consisted of pesticides.
A few best result was shown by apples. More than for 82% of these fruit consisted of pesticides. It is necessary to be upon purchase careful and with nectarines. As 80% from them also contain chemicals.
Besides, in all these fruit and vegetables various pesticides contained. For example, bilberry and a wild strawberry was the leader among a set of various pesticides. They contain 13 types of the most dangerous substances. A little less versions were in apples – up to 9.
It is worth to remember also about such at first sight harmless as: sweet paprika, celery, spinach, potatoes, sheet cabbage. As, they contain too huge amount of pesticides. Separately, 95% of a celery contained harmful chemicals.
The most smaller amount of pesticides contain: sweet corn, onions, asparagus, sweet pea, cabbage, sweet potato and eggplant.