October 17, 2007 | Food & drink, Organics
Strawberries are going onto my list of things to buy organic. The EPA just approved a new pesticide for use on strawberries to replace Methyl bromide, which has been banned by international treaties for ozone depletion. the new pesticide, methyl iodide is also a highly toxic fumigant, a neurotoxin, carcinogen, and has been linked to miscarriages in animals. They say it’s more dangerous to be near fields treated with the chemical than to eat the food produced there - apparently it leaves little to no residue. I’ll still be buying organic though.
The four-year review of the pesticide, coined by the EPA as ‘one of the most thorough’ analyses of a pesticide, was conducted by none other than the Tokyo based company that manufactures it. Furthermore, the company’s former CEO is now the administrator in the northwest region of the EPA.
Anyone else smell a rat? Oh, wait, no. That’s what pesticides are for.
For more information, check out the story here.
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