In my last post, I responded to the questions about both chicory tea and decaffeinated teas. In part 2, I’ll tackle those pesky and persistent rumours about pesticides in tea. This issue keeps coming up, in spite of evidence showing they’re not a concern. Apparently this dates to both a CBC Marketplace story back […]
You’re not alone if you feel as though you’re being gripped by fear of food. Headlines such as “Unsafe levels of a weed killer chemical in oat products, report says” from a few weeks ago and this week’s “Weed-killing chemical found in pasta, cereal and cookies sold in Canada: study” can rip away at your […]
In my last post, I wrote about an article in Forbes magazine which stated that according to testing conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA), pesticide residues are not a concern. But I also pointed to the criticism of the article due to the fact that the USDA does not track levels of […]
“Care to comment on the article, Ten Thousand New Reasons Not To Worry About Pesticide Residues?” asks Enlightened Eater Facebook fan, Karen Jorgenson Cooper. Karen, at first glance, this article in Forbes magazine by just looking at the title alone, sounds very reassuring. It basically says we have nothing to worry about. The article […]
“I always like to hear about Canadian food topics -like the fact that Canadian potatoes are grown with much less chemicals than U.S. potatoes and probably shouldn’t be considered part of the dirty dozen. I feel like there’s a lot of misinformation out there that we’re getting from American media that doesn’t apply to the […]
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