Organic Food and Pesticides

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Consumers purchase organic food to avoid pesticides. Data from the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) confirm the wisdom of this strategy. The study tested 373 samples of twelve different fruit and
vegetables (UK grown and imported) for the presence of 398 different pesticides. Most (85%) of the non-organic fruit and vegetables tested contained pesticides, while most (86%) of the organic fruit and vegetables tested did not contain pesticides