Hiki ke maʻalahi kekahi mau huaʻai a me nā mea kanu i ka pesticide a me nā koena kemika, no laila he mea nui e holoi pono iā lākou ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana.
ʻO ka holoi ʻana i nā mea kanu āpau ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana he ala maʻalahi ia e wehe ai i ka lepo, bacteria, a me ke koenapesticides.
He manawa maikaʻi ka puna e hōʻoluʻolu ai i kou wahi a me kāu mau maʻamau. ʻOiai ʻoe e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ana i kāu mau keʻena a me ka holoi ʻana i kāu papa papa, mai poina e makaʻala i kāu drawer huahana. Inā kūʻai ʻoe ma ka ʻāpana organik o kāu hale kūʻai, ma kāu mākeke mahiʻai kūloko, a i ʻole e kauoha i nā huahana hou no ka lawe ʻana, pili mau ke kānāwai koʻikoʻi: holoi i kāu mau huaʻai a me nā mea kanu.
ʻOiai he palekana ka ʻai ʻana o ka hapa nui o nā meaʻai ma nā papa hale kūʻai, loaʻa nō paha nā ʻāpana o nā pesticides, lepo, a me nā hua bacteria. ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hopohopo. Wahi a ka US Department of Agriculture's Pesticide Data Program (PDF), ʻoi aku ma mua o 99 pākēneka o nā meaʻai i hoʻāʻo ʻia e kūpono i nā kūlana palekana o ka US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hapahā ʻaʻohe koena pesticide i ʻike ʻia.
Eia nō naʻe, ma ke ʻano o ka hoʻōla hou ʻana o ka punawai, ʻo ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka holoi ʻana i nā hua āpau ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana he hana akamai ia no kou olakino a me kou maluhia o ka noʻonoʻo.
I mea e maopopo ai, palekana loa ka waiho ʻana i kekahi mau mea kemika a me nā pesticides. A ʻaʻole ʻino nā mea kemika a pau, no laila, mai hopohopo ʻoe i ka wā e poina ai ʻoe e holoi i kāu mau huaʻai a me nā mea kanu. Maikaʻi ʻoe, a haʻahaʻa loa ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi. ʻO kēlā ʻōlelo, aia nā pilikia ʻē aʻe e hopohopo ai, e like me nā pōʻino bacteria a me nā kīnā e like me salmonella, listeria, E. coli, a me nā germs mai nā lima o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe.
Loaʻa i kekahi mau ʻano huahana nā koena pesticide mau ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe. No ke kōkua ʻana i ka poʻe kūʻai e ʻike i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu i loaʻa i nā koena pesticide, ua paʻi ka Environmental Working Group, kahi hui palekana meaʻai ʻole i kahi papa inoa i kapa ʻia ʻo "Dirty Dozen." Ua nānā ka hui i 47,510 mau laʻana o nā ʻano huaʻai a me nā mea kanu 46 i hoʻāʻo ʻia e ka US Food and Drug Administration a me ka US Department of Agriculture, e ʻike ana i ka poʻe i loaʻa ke kiʻekiʻe o nā koena pesticide i ka manawa kūʻai.
Akā ʻo wai ka hua, e like me ka noiʻi hou ʻana o Dirty Dozen, loaʻa nā koena pesticide? Strawberries. He paʻakikī ke manaʻoʻiʻo, akā ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka nui o nā kemika i loaʻa i loko o kēia berry kaulana ma mua o nā huaʻai a i ʻole nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe i kālai ʻia.
Ma lalo ʻoe e ʻike ai i nā meaʻai 12 i loaʻa i nā pesticides a me nā meaʻai he 15 ʻaʻole hiki ke haumia.
ʻO ka Dirty Dozen kahi hōʻailona maikaʻi loa e hoʻomanaʻo i nā mea kūʻai aku i nā huaʻai a me nā meaʻai e pono ai ka holoi pono loa. Hiki ke kōkua i ka holoi wikiwiki ʻana me ka wai a i ʻole kahi ʻōpala o ka mea holoi.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku i ka nui o nā pilikia ma ke kūʻai ʻana i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu i hōʻoia ʻia, ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā pesticides mahiʻai. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i nā meaʻai i ʻoi aku ka nui o nā pesticides hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻoholo e hoʻolilo i kahi mea ʻoi aʻe ma nā huahana organik. E like me kaʻu i aʻo ai i koʻu nānā ʻana i nā kumukūʻai o nā mea kanu organik a me nā mea kanu ʻole, ʻaʻole lākou i kiʻekiʻe e like me kou manaʻo.
ʻAʻole hiki ke loaʻa i nā huahana me nā pale pale kūlohelohe nā pesticides hiki ke hoʻopōʻino.
Loaʻa i ka Clean 15 nā pae haʻahaʻa loa o ka hoʻohaumia ʻana i ka pesticide o nā laʻana a pau i hoʻāʻo ʻia, akā ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo ua kaʻawale loa lākou i ka pesticide. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ia ke ʻano o nā huaʻai a me nā lau ʻai āu e lawe mai ai i ka home ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka maʻi bacteria. Ma ka helu helu, ʻoi aku ka palekana o ka ʻai ʻana i nā hua i holoi ʻole ʻia mai ka Clean 15 ma mua o ka Dirty Dozen, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka holoi ʻana i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana.
Aia i loko o ke kaʻina hana a EWG nā hōʻailona ʻeono o ka hoʻohaumia ʻana i ka pesticide. Hoʻopili ka nānā ʻana i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu i loaʻa i hoʻokahi a ʻoi aku paha nā pesticides, akā ʻaʻole i ana i nā pae o kekahi pesticide i nā huahana kikoʻī. Hiki iā ʻoe ke heluhelu hou aʻe e pili ana i ka Dirty Dozen ma ka hōʻike noiʻi i paʻi ʻia e EWG ma aneʻi.
ʻO nā laʻana hoʻāʻo i kālailai ʻia, ua ʻike ka Environment Working Group he 95 pākēneka o nā huaʻai a me nā huaʻai "Dirty Dozen" i uhi ʻia me nā fungicides hiki ke hōʻino. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻaneʻane 65 ka nui o nā huaʻai a me nā huaʻai ʻo "Clean Fifteen" me ka ʻole o nā fungicides.
Ua loaʻa i ka Pūʻulu Hana Kaiapuni nā ʻano lāʻau pesticides i ka wā e nānā ana i nā laʻana hoʻāʻo a ʻike ʻia ʻehā o ʻelima mau lāʻau pesticides maʻamau i hiki ke pōʻino: fludioxonil, pyraclostrobin, boscalid a me pyrimethanil.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Apr-22-2025