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07/16/2010 15:08:00 admin

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Dear readers,

When I first learned that agribusiness and the pesticide industry were launching a new PR campaign to discredit EWG and our Shopper's Guide to Pesticides, I thought it was a joke. The Shopper's Guide to Pesticides dissuades people from eating fruits and vegetables?

No way. We at EWG always believe that you should eat as many fruits and vegetables as you can, and organic whenever possible. We put together the Shopper's Guide to Pesticides so that you would know which fruits and vegetables are must-buy organic, and which are fine if you go conventional -- information that conventional agribusiness doesn't want you to know.

EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides helps you get your fruits and veggies while minimizing your exposure to risky pesticides. Click here to see the guide that pesticide manufacturers want to make "go away."

And you know what else the industry is saying? They assert that pesticides are completely safe for human consumption.

Really? These are chemicals that are designed to kill living things and have been linked to health problems like nervous system toxicity, cancer and effects on our hormone system.

Instead of telling tall tales, EWG wants to give you the best information we can. We created our Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 lists so that you can know which fruits and vegetables have the lowest pesticide residues and which ones you should try to always buy organic.

Click here to see EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides.

Want to take EWG's Shoppers Guide to Pesticides to the store with you? Donate $10 today, and we'll send you a Shopper's Guide to Pesticides bag tag to clip onto your reusable shopping bag.

We're proud that for 15 years, EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides has helped consumers eat their fruits and veggies while lowering their exposure to pesticides. No matter what conventional farmers and the pesticide industry say, we know you want more information on pesticides in food, and we're committed to providing it.

Sincerely,

Ken Cook
President, Environmental Working Group

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Comments (4 posted):

Dan on 07/16/2010 15:57:51

This seems to be flipped around. If you look at the site safefruitsandveggies.***, you will see that there is no funding by any pesticide companies whatsoever. So if we want to talk about facts, let's start there. Second, EWG is a huge front to organic farming which is not a cost feasible solution. While agribusiness puts out a study and explains how they came to their conclusions, EWG continues to hide their formulas on how they come up with this list. Lastly, agribusiness isn't saying that pesticides aren't good or bad, they are stating that there are not conclusive research articles to say one way or another. EWG is a huge, multimillion dollar lobbying group that has fed misinformation for many years, now that someone challenges them on it, they are whining. Give us some better research and how you came to those results, then we can talk.

Sammy on 07/22/2010 16:13:47

Hey, EWG, how about a little peer review of the "facts" you tout to support your "findings?" Peer review is a standard scientific practice, yet you have steadfastly refused to allow other scientists who have no connection to you to review your data for validity before you publish it. What are you afraid of? Are you worried that the fact you are supported almost entirely by the organic food industry might become apparent? Are you worried that your "facts" won't stand up to impartial scientific review? Are you worried that people will find out that most of the fruits and vegetables you mention in your "studies" have no pesticide residue on them, and those that do have such minute amounts that a person would have to eat truckloads in order to reach minimum tolerance levels -- an impossible feat?

COACH on 10/18/2010 06:10:06

No matter what conventional farmers and the pesticide industry say, we know you want more information on pesticides in food, and we're committed to providing it.

coach online 0outlet store on 10/18/2010 06:12:03

Give us some better research and how you came to those results, then we can talk.