I-Environmental Working Group (EWG) isanda kukhipha Umhlahlandlela wabo waminyaka yonke weShopper to Pesticides in Produce. Umhlahlandlela uhlanganisa uhlu lwe-Dirty Dozen lwezithelo nemifino eyishumi nambili enezinsalela eziningi zezibulala-zinambuzane kanye nohlu lwe-Clean Fifteen lomkhiqizo olunamazinga aphansi ezibulala-zinambuzane.
Kuhlangatshezwana nakho kokubili ama-cheers kanye nokuklolodela, umhlahlandlela waminyaka yonke uvame ukwemukelwa abathengi bokudla okuphilayo, kodwa wexwayiswa abanye ochwepheshe bezempilo nabacwaningi ababuza ukuqina kwesayensi ngemuva kohlu. Ake singene sijule ebufakazini obuzokusiza wenze ukukhetha okuzethembayo nokuphephile uma uthenga izithelo nemifino.
Yiziphi izithelo nemifino ephephe kakhulu?
Isisekelo somhlahlandlela we-EWG ukusiza abathengi baqonde ukuthi yiziphi izithelo nemifino ezinezinsalela zezibulala-zinambuzane eziningi kakhulu noma ezincane.
UThomas Galligan, Ph.D., i-toxicologist ene-EWG ichaza ukuthi i-Dirty Dozen ayilona uhlu lwezithelo nemifino okufanele igwenywe. Kunalokho, i-EWG incoma ukuthi abathengi bakhethe izinguqulo eziphilayo zalezi zinto eziyishumi nambili ze-“Dirty Dozen”, uma zikhona futhi zithengeka:
- Ama-Strawberries
- Isipinashi
- I-Kale, i-collards, nemifino yesinaphi
- AmaNectarine
- Ama-apula
- Amagilebhisi
- Insimbi nopelepele oshisayo
- Ama-Cherries
- Amapentshisi
- Amapheya
- Isilimo esidliwayo esinamagatsha anamanzi
- Utamatisi
Kodwa uma ungakwazi ukufinyelela noma ukukhokhela izinguqulo eziphilayo zalokhu kudla, okukhule ngokwejwayelekile kuphephile futhi kunempilo futhi. Lelo phuzu ngokuvamile aliqondwa kahle - kodwa kubalulekile ukuqaphela.
“Izithelo nemifino kuyingxenye ebalulekile yokudla okunempilo,” kusho uGalligan. "Wonke umuntu kufanele adle umkhiqizo omningi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ovamile noma wemvelo, ngoba izinzuzo zokudla okunezithelo nemifino zidlula izingozi ezingaba khona zokuchayeka kwezibulala-zinambuzane."
Ngakho-ke, udinga ukukhetha i-organic?
I-EWG yeluleka abathengi ukuthi bakhethe umkhiqizo wemvelo noma nini lapho kungenzeka, ikakhulukazi izinto ezisohlwini lwe-Dirty Dozen. Akuwona wonke umuntu ovumelana nalesi seluleko.
"I-EWG iyinhlangano yezishoshovu, hhayi uhulumeni," kusho uLanger. “Lokhu kusho ukuthi i-EWG ine-ajenda, okuwukuthuthukisa izimboni exhaswe ngazo – okuwukuthi, abakhiqizi bokudla okuphilayo.”
Ekugcineni, ukukhetha kungokwakho njengomthengi wegrosa. Khetha lokho ongakwazi ukukukhokhela, ukufinyelela futhi ujabulele, kodwa ungesabi izithelo nemifino etshalwa ngokujwayelekile.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Nov-17-2022