Half of all the fruit and veg you buy is contaminated

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_Half of all the fruit and veg you buy is contaminated_

(http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.2523458.0.0.php)

03 Aug 2009 Almost half of the fresh fruit and veg sold across the UK is

contaminated with toxic pesticides, according to the latest scientific

surveys for the government. Nearly every orange, 94% of pineapples and 90% of

pears sampled were laced with traces of chemicals used to kill bugs. High

proportions of apples, grapes and tomatoes were also tainted, as were

parsnips, melons and cucumbers. Alarmingly, as much as a quarter of the food on

sale in 2008 - the date of the latest figures - was found to contain multiple

pesticides.