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Pesticides watchdog reveals low residues
by
Jez Abbott
Horticulture Week
19 December 2008
The public has virtually nothing to fear from pesticide traces in food, according to the UK's top watchdog, which revealed almost conclusive proof this week.
The Pesticide Residues Committee tested 1,140 samples of 21 different foods and found only 11 contained residues above the allowed limits. But not one of those 11 - amounting to one per cent of the total - was likely to cause any harm to people's health, said chairman Dr Ian Brown. "The majority of food...
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