Jane and others:
According to the article, the pesticides in question are showing up "in"
the vegetables.
But get this quote:
"It's a sound precaution to thoroughly wash your produce and peel your root
crops," said Mary Jane Incorvia Mattina, a
scientist at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station who led the study.
I expect the journalist is quoting the scientist out of context, but in any
case it adds up to a gratuitous non-sequitur. Chemicals that are taken up
INTO the plant will not be removed by washing or peeling.
John Lozier
At 11:27 AM 5/22/00 -0700, Jane Sooby wrote:
>Check out this AP story posted on the High Plains Journal website:
>
>http://www.hpj.com/wsdocs/may2000/0508pesticidehalflivesmrldhtm.htm
>Jane Sooby
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