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SilentHunter Members 117 posts Location: Estonia Occupation: Corporate executive officer Age:	#65167 2008-05-20 13:30 GMT



Musicmaker Members 105 posts Location: Taiwan Occupation: Landscaper Age:	#65168 2008-05-20 13:37 GMT
	yes

Goldfish Members 120 posts Location: North Korea Occupation: Artist Age:	#65169 2008-05-20 13:37 GMT
	yes if you have predisposition to caancer or another specific gene then yes it can harm you

Solitarygrowth Members 113 posts Location: Djibouti Occupation: Bartender Age:	#65170 2008-05-20 13:53 GMT
	Yes. But I never new they left pesticides in food, unless you grew your fruit/vegetables yourself. Farmers normally spray foods with a substance to kill the pesticides, this substance is normally chemicals, that's why they tell us to eat organic food as that spayed with a natural substance.

Contageous Members 106 posts Location: Kiribati Occupation: Currier Age:	#65171 2008-05-20 14:01 GMT
	This notion that farmers spray their crops to neutralize the pesticides, I have never heard of and I have been around the farm industry all my life. Both in the North West and Kansas. Even if they did it would be more chemicals. Washing the produce doesn't do much. If you can get Organic (usda Certafied). Or grow as much of your own as you can. The poisons can cause Asthma,Hay fever, alergy to many things. But nobody associates their problems with the chemicals from a year ago. But they should. Good luck

AngelWings Members 113 posts Location: Antigua And Barbuda Occupation: Illuminator Age:	#65172 2008-05-20 14:05 GMT
	if your allergic to pesticides yes it will harm. soz i dont really know what im talking about...lol. BTW why is this question in Garden & Landscape?

Sweetlips Members 113 posts Location: Guyana Occupation: Presenter Age:	#65173 2008-05-20 14:33 GMT
	if you do the cleanses, you can stay healthy. its the chemicals why we all get sick. then they treat us with the chemicals in the drugs stores, and that is why we get worse instead of better. the answer is alternative medicine, natural cures.

Cheesybite Members 125 posts Location: Mali Occupation: Negotiator Age:	#65174 2008-05-20 14:44 GMT
	In general NO. All pesticides break down and are virtually gone when you eat them. When they are sprayed there is a time limit that is different with each chemical. The time can vary from zero days to about 30. As long as the farmer follows the label that is the law you are safe. Do we need more monitoring to make sure the farmers follow the label. Maybe. Will take more tax money and most people complain about that too. But in general you should be safe to eat any food that is grown.

Orchid Members 108 posts Location: Gibraltar Occupation: Presenter Age:	#65175 2008-05-20 14:53 GMT
	Yup. That's what it said on the container when I applied the stuff. POISONOUS Will kill: all kinds of insects, all kinds of animals and anything else that dares try to eat this here fruit. That is what a "PEST" is. Seriously, farmers spray just before bugs get active in their feeding (or moving cycle) to make their crops more distasteful than what the bugs would like. And the bugs normally do not nest on the fruit so much as on the leaves of the tree(where they lay the eggs and the larvae of the young -worms) will then go and feed on the leaves and on the fruit. As a further protection to the workers (and consumer), the farmer cannot spray insecticides on ripening fruit 3 weeks prior to picking,. Pesticides cost money and come out of the bottom line. If farmers can avoid spraying, they would. I know of apple orchardists who do not eat apples without cutting off the peel first. They KNOW what get put on the apples. But, if you ensure washing the skin of the fruit each time you get one, you risks should be minimal. Worry more about a car hitting you than being poisoned by a piece of fruit. As for a time limit on sprays..........DDT only will last for 600years or so.