Clementines

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I eat a ton of clementines each winter, and this year especially I've been

eating several each day. I've always known that they are sprayed, but since

I've never been able to find organic ones easily, I rinse them well before I eat

them and hope for the best. Even so, they sometimes have a chemical aftertaste

that is worrying me and I've decided to stop buying them. They also seem more

dry this year than they have in previous years.

 

Does anyone know if there are potential hazards to eating clementines? Are

there organic sources?

 

Terry

 

 

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On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, Terry Somerson wrote:

 

> I eat a ton of clementines each winter, and this year especially I've

> been eating several each day. I've always known that they are sprayed,

> but since I've never been able to find organic ones easily, I rinse them

> well before I eat them and hope for the best. Even so, they sometimes

> have a chemical aftertaste that is worrying me and I've decided to stop

> buying them. They also seem more dry this year than they have in

> previous years.

>

> Does anyone know if there are potential hazards to eating clementines?

> Are there organic sources?

 

I have found organic clementines once or twice at My Organic Market, a

local chain in the Washington, DC, area. They are *much* more expensive

than the convention ones and in my experience don't taste any better. My

understanding about chemical residues is that that are mostly found in the

outer layers of the fruit and for fruits with thick peels like citrus, the

residue can be mostly removed by peeling. I don't have any authoritative

source to quote on that, though.

 

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