Hiki i kekahi mau huaʻai a me nā mea kanu ke maʻalahi i nā pesticides a me nā koena kemika, no laila he mea nui loa e holoi pono iā lākou ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana.
ʻO ka holoi ʻana i nā mea kanu a pau ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana he ala maʻalahi ia e wehe ai i ka lepo, ka bacteria, a me nā koenanā mea pepehi lāʻau make.
He manawa kūpono ka pūnāwai e hoʻomaha ai i kou wahi a me nā ʻano maʻamau. ʻOiai ʻoe e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ana i kāu mau keʻena a holoi i kāu mau papa lalo, mai poina e nānā pono i kāu drawer hua. Inā ʻoe e kūʻai ma ka ʻāpana organik o kāu hale kūʻai meaʻai, ma kāu mākeke mahiʻai kūloko, a i ʻole e kauoha i nā huaʻai hou no ka lawe ʻana, pili mau ke kānāwai koʻikoʻi loa: e holoi i kāu mau huaʻai a me nā mea kanu.
ʻOiai ʻo ka hapa nui o nā meaʻai ma nā papa o nā hale kūʻai meaʻai e palekana ke ʻai ʻia, aia nō paha nā koena o nā pesticides, ka lepo, a me ka bacteria. ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hopohopo. Wahi a ka Polokalamu ʻIkepili Pesticide (PDF) a ke Keʻena ʻOihana Mahiʻai o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻoi aku ma mua o 99 pakeneka o nā meaʻai i hoʻāʻo ʻia e kū nei 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 he ʻāpana o kou hoʻōla ʻana i ka pūnāwai, ʻo ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka holoi ʻana i nā huaʻai a pau 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 kekahi mau kemika a me nā pesticides e waiho ma hope. ʻAʻole nā kemika āpau he mea ʻino, no laila mai hopohopo i ka manawa aʻe e poina ai ʻoe e holoi i kāu mau huaʻai a me nā mea kanu. E maikaʻi ʻoe, a he haʻahaʻa loa ka manawa e maʻi ai. ʻOiai kēlā, aia kekahi mau 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 haʻi.
ʻOi aku ka nui o nā koena pesticide paʻa o kekahi mau ʻano huaʻai ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe. No ke kōkua ʻana i nā mea kūʻai e ʻike i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu i loaʻa ka nui o nā koena pesticide, ua paʻi ka Environmental Working Group, kahi hui palekana meaʻai waiwai ʻole, i kahi papa inoa i kapa ʻia ʻo "Dirty Dozen." Ua nānā ka hui i 47,510 mau laʻana o 46 mau ʻano huaʻai a me nā mea kanu 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 nā pae kiʻekiʻe loa o nā koena pesticide i ka wā kūʻai aku.
Akā, ʻo wai ka hua, e like me ka noiʻi hou loa a Dirty Dozen, nona ka nui o nā koena pesticide? ʻO nā ʻōpena. He mea paʻakikī ke manaʻoʻiʻo, akā ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kemika i loaʻa i loko o kēia hua kaulana ma mua o nā huaʻai a mea kanu ʻē aʻe i kālailai ʻia.
Ma lalo nei e ʻike ʻoe i nā meaʻai he 12 i loaʻa nui nā pesticides a me nā meaʻai he 15 i emi loa ka haumia.
He hōʻailona maikaʻi ka Dirty Dozen e hoʻomanaʻo i nā mea kūʻai aku i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu e pono ai ka holoi pono loa. Hiki i ka holoi wikiwiki ʻana me ka wai a i ʻole ka pīpī ʻana o ka detergent ke kōkua.
Hiki nō hoʻi iā ʻoe ke pale aku i nā pilikia he nui ma ke kūʻai ʻana i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu organik i hōʻoia ʻia, ʻaʻohe ona pesticides mahiʻai. ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i nā meaʻai i ʻoi aku ka nui o nā pesticides e hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻoholo e hoʻolilo iki i nā meaʻai organik. E like me kaʻu i aʻo ai i ka wā i kālailai ai au i nā kumukūʻai o nā meaʻai organik a me nā mea ʻole organik, ʻaʻole lākou i kiʻekiʻe e like me kou manaʻo.
ʻOi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pesticides ʻino i loko o nā huahana me nā uhi pale kūlohelohe.
ʻO ka Clean 15 ka mea i loaʻa nā pae haʻahaʻa loa o ka haumia pesticides o nā hāpana āpau i hoʻāʻo ʻia, akā ʻaʻole ia manaʻo ua kaʻawale loa lākou mai ka haumia pesticides. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole ia manaʻo ʻaʻohe haumia bacteria nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu āu e lawe mai ai i ka home. Ma ke ʻano helu, ʻoi aku ka palekana o ka ʻai ʻana i nā huaʻai i holoi ʻole ʻia mai ka Clean 15 ma mua o ka Dirty Dozen, akā he lula maikaʻi nō naʻe ka holoi ʻana i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu āpau ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana.
ʻEono mau hōʻailona o ka haumia ʻana o nā pesticides i loko o ke ʻano hana a EWG. Ua kālele ka loiloi 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.
No nā hāpana hoʻāʻo i kālailai ʻia, ua ʻike ka Environmental Working Group ua uhi ʻia he 95 pakeneka o nā hāpana huaʻai a me nā mea kanu "Dirty Dozen" me nā fungicides hiki ke hōʻino. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, kokoke i 65 pakeneka o nā hāpana huaʻai a me nā mea kanu "Clean Fifteen" ʻaʻohe fungicides.
Ua ʻike ka Pūʻulu Hana Kaiapuni i nā ʻano pesticides like ʻole i ka wā e kālailai ana i nā hāpana hoʻāʻo a ua ʻike ʻia he ʻehā o nā pesticides ʻelima maʻamau he mau fungicides weliweli: fludioxonil, pyraclostrobin, boscalid a me pyrimethanil.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: ʻApelila-22-2025