揭晓:农药残留最多和最少的果蔬分别是……
China Daily
随着天气转暖,各种新鲜美味的果蔬将会成批上市。你知道哪些果蔬的农药残留量最多,哪些最少吗?
随着天气转暖,各种新鲜美味的果蔬将会成批上市。尽管我们在食用之前都会清洗果蔬,但是有些果蔬的农药残留还是难以去除。你知道哪些果蔬的农药残留量最多,哪些最少吗?
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) recently released its annual Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce, which includes two lists: the “Dirty Dozen” and the “Clean Fifteen,” which rank which types of fruits and vegetables have the highest and lowest levels of pesticide residue, respectively.
美国环境工作组近日发布了年度农药残留农产品购物指南,其中包括两个清单:“最脏的12种”和“干净的15种”,分别列出了农药残留最多和最少的果蔬类型。
The EWG’s Dirty Dozen is a list of nonorganic foods with the most pesticide residues. The EWG analyzes recent testing samples from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Pesticide Data Program (PDP) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). For realistic consumer data, the USDA washes, scrubs and peels (if necessary) fruits and vegetables, just as people normally would, and then tests for pesticides.
环境工作组的“最脏12种”清单包含农药残留最多的非有机食品。环境工作组分析了美国农业部农药数据项目和食品药品监督管理局近期检测的样品。为了得到真实的消费者数据,农业部工作人员就像人们通常会做的那样对果蔬进行冲刷清洗并在有必要的情况下给果蔬削皮,然后才检测农药残留。
The EWG found that 99% of strawberry samples (most recently tested in 2015-16) had detectable residues of at least one pesticide, earning the fruit the No. 1 spot. In addition, this year, the group found bell and hot peppers contained more pesticide residue than in the past, moving them up from 12th place to 7th place. The EWG also found that conventional spinach had on average 1.8 times as much pesticide residue by weight as other tested crops, and kale, collard and mustard greens had the most pesticides detected in total.
环境工作组发现,99%的草莓样品(最近一批样品检测时间是2015到2016年)至少可检测到一种农药残留,从而在农药残留上位列首位。此外,环境工作组今年发现,柿子椒和辣椒所含的农药残留比往年更多,从12位上升到了第7位。环境工作组还发现,传统农产品菠菜所含的平均农药残留水平是接受检测的其他同等重量农产品的1.8倍。羽衣甘蓝和芥菜检测出的农药残留总量是最高的。