Ua hoʻokuʻu aku nei ka Pūʻulu Hana Kaiapuni (EWG) i kā lākou Kūʻai Kūʻai Kūʻai makahiki i nā Pesticides in Produce. Aia i loko o ke alaka'i ka papa inoa Dirty Dozen o nā hua'ai he 'umikūmālua i loa'a ka nui o nā koena pesticides a me ka papa inoa 'umikūmālima ma'ema'e o nā huahana me nā pae pesticide ha'aha'a loa.
Loaʻa ʻia e nā ʻoliʻoli a me nā ʻakaʻaka, ʻae pinepine ʻia ke alakaʻi makahiki e nā mea kūʻai meaʻai kūlohelohe, akā i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e kekahi mau loea olakino a me nā mea noiʻi e nīnau nei i ka ʻepekema ʻepekema ma hope o nā papa inoa. E luʻu hohonu i nā hōʻike e kōkua iā ʻoe e hana i nā koho hilinaʻi a palekana i ka wā e kūʻai ai i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu.
ʻO wai nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu i palekana loa?
ʻO ka manaʻo o ka EWG Guide ʻo ia ke kōkua i ka poʻe kūʻai aku e hoʻomaopopo i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu i loaʻa ka nui a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi o nā koena pesticide.
ʻO Thomas Galligan, Ph.D., he mea toxicologist me ka EWG wehewehe ʻo ka Dirty Dozen ʻaʻole ia he papa inoa o nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu e pale aku ai. Akā, paipai ka EWG i nā mea kūʻai aku e koho i nā mana kūlohelohe o kēia mau mea "Dirty Dozen" he ʻumikūmālua, inā loaʻa a kūʻai aku.
- Strawberries
- ʻōpae
- ʻO Kale, nā kola, a me nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo sinapi
- Nā nectarine
- ʻApala
- Hua waina
- ʻO ka bele a me ka pepa wela
- cherries
- Piʻi
- Pears
- Kelelei
- ʻOtomato
Akā inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke komo a loaʻa paha i nā mana kūlohelohe o kēia mau meaʻai, palekana a olakino hoʻi nā meaʻai i ulu maʻamau. Hoʻomaopopo pinepine ʻia kēlā manaʻo - akā he mea nui e hoʻomaopopo.
"ʻO nā huaʻai a me nā huaʻai kahi mea nui o ka meaʻai olakino," wahi a Galligan. "Pono ka poʻe a pau e ʻai i nā hua, inā he mea maʻamau a i ʻole nā mea kūlohelohe, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka meaʻai kiʻekiʻe i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu ma mua o nā pōʻino o ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā pesticide."
No laila, pono ʻoe e koho i ka organik?
Aʻo ka EWG i nā mea kūʻai aku e koho i nā huahana kūlohelohe inā hiki, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea ma ka papa inoa Dirty Dozen. ʻAʻole ʻae nā kānaka a pau i kēia ʻōlelo aʻo.
"ʻO ka EWG kahi hui hana, ʻaʻole he aupuni," wahi a Langer. "ʻO ia hoʻi, he papahana ko ka EWG, ʻo ia ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā ʻoihana i kākoʻo ʻia e ia - ʻo ia hoʻi, nā meaʻai meaʻai."
ʻO ka hope loa, iā ʻoe ke koho ma ke ʻano he mea kūʻai kūʻai. E koho i ka mea hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa, komo a hauʻoli, akā mai makaʻu i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu i ulu maʻamau.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Nov-17-2022