Aia nā pesticides a me nā mea kemika ʻē aʻe ma nā mea a pau āu e ʻai ai mai ka hale kūʻai a hiki i kāu papaʻaina. Akā, ua hōʻuluʻulu mākou i ka papa inoa o nā huaʻai he 12 i loaʻa i nā kemika, a me nā huaʻai he 15 i liʻiliʻi loa i nā kemika.
Inā kūʻai ʻoe i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu hou loa, kūʻai ma ka ʻāpana organik o ka hale kūʻai nui, a i ʻole e ʻohi lima i nā paona peach mai kahi mahiʻai kūloko, pono e holoi ʻia ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana a i ʻole ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana.
Ma muli o ka pōʻino o ka bacteria e like me E. coli, salmonella, a me listeria, ka hoʻohaumia ʻana, nā lima o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, a me nā kinikini like ʻole e waiho ʻia ana ma nā mea kanu ma ke ʻano o nā pesticides a i ʻole nā mea mālama, pono e holoi ʻia nā mea kanu a pau i loko o ka paila ma mua o ka hiki ʻana i kou waha. ʻAe, loaʻa kēia i nā mea kanu lāʻau, no ka mea, ʻaʻole manaʻo ʻo ka organik i ka pesticide-free; 'o ia ho'i me ka 'ole o nā pesticides 'ona, 'o ia ka mana'o kuhihewa ma waena o ka hapa nui o nā mea kū'ai mea'ai.
Ma mua o kou hopohopo nui e pili ana i nā koena pesticide i kāu huahana, e noʻonoʻo ua ʻike ka USDA's Pesticide Data Program (PDF) ua ʻoi aku ma mua o 99 ka nui o nā huahana i hoʻāʻo ʻia he koena ma nā pae i kūpono i nā kūlana palekana i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka Environmental Protection Agency, a he 27 pakeneka ʻaʻohe koena pesticide i ʻike ʻia.
I ka pōkole: Ua maikaʻi kekahi koena, ʻaʻole ʻino nā kemika a pau i ka meaʻai, a ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hopohopo inā poina ʻoe e holoi i kekahi mau huaʻai a me nā mea kanu. ʻO nā ʻāpala, no ka laʻana, ua uhi ʻia me ka wax meaʻai e pani ai i ka wax maoli e holoi ʻia i ka wā o ka holoi ʻana ma hope o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana. ʻAʻohe hopena koʻikoʻi o ka nui o nā pesticides i kou olakino, akā inā hopohopo ʻoe e pili ana i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pesticides a i ʻole nā mea kemika ʻē aʻe i loko o ka meaʻai āu e ʻai ai, hoʻokahi hana palekana hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe, ʻo ka holoi ʻana i kāu huahana ma mua o ka ʻai ʻana.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o kekahi mau ʻano like ʻole e hana i nā ʻāpana paʻakikī ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe, a no ke kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i nā huahana lepo mai ka lepo ʻole, ua hoʻopuka ka Environmental Food Safety Working Group i kahi papa inoa o nā meaʻai i loaʻa i nā pesticides. ʻO ka papa inoa, i kapa ʻia ʻo "Dirty Dozen," he pepa hoʻopunipuni kahi e holoi mau ai nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu.
Nānā ka hui i 47,510 mau laʻana o 46 ʻano huaʻai a me nā mea kanu i hoʻāʻo ʻia e ka US Food and Drug Administration a me ka US Department of Agriculture.
Ua ʻike ʻia ka noiʻi hou loa a ka hui, aia nā strawberries i ka nui o ke koena pesticide. I loko o kēia hōʻuluʻulu piha, ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kemika ma mua o nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe.
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.
He hōʻailona maikaʻi ka Dirty Dozen e hoʻomanaʻo i nā mea kūʻai aku i nā huaʻai a me nā mea kanu e pono e holoi maikaʻi ʻia. 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 (ulu ʻia me ka hoʻohana ʻole ʻana i nā pesticides mahiʻai). ʻO ka ʻike ʻana i nā meaʻai ʻoi aku ka nui o nā pesticides hiki ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻoholo i kahi e hoʻolilo ai i kāu kālā keu no nā huahana organik. E like me kaʻu i aʻo ai i ke kālailai ʻana i nā kumukūʻai o nā meaʻai organik a me nā meaʻai ʻole, ʻaʻole lākou kiʻekiʻe e like me kou manaʻo.
ʻAʻole hiki ke loaʻa i nā huahana me nā pale pale kūlohelohe nā pesticides hiki ke hoʻopōʻino.
ʻO ka laʻana Clean 15 ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa loa o ka hoʻohaumia pesticide o nā laʻana a pau i hoʻāʻo ʻia, akā ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo ʻaʻole lākou i pau i ka hoʻohaumia 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 ana 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 aʻe paha nā pesticides, akā ʻaʻole i ana i ke kiʻekiʻe o kekahi pesticide i loko o kahi huahana. Hiki iā ʻoe ke heluhelu hou aʻe e pili ana i ke aʻo ʻana o Dirty Dozen EWG ma aneʻi.
ʻO nā laʻana hoʻāʻo i kālailai ʻia, ʻike ʻia ʻo EWG he 95 ka nui o nā laʻana i loko o ka "Dirty Dozen" huaʻai a me nā ʻano mea kanu i uhi ʻia me nā fungicides hiki ke hōʻino. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ma kahi o 65 pakeneka o nā laʻana i loko o nā ʻāpana huaʻai a me nā mea kanu maʻemaʻe he ʻumikūmālima ʻaʻohe fungicides ʻike ʻia.
Ua loaʻa i ka Pūʻulu Hana Kaiapuni he mau lāʻau pesticides i ka wā e nānā ana i nā laʻana hoʻāʻo a ʻike ʻia he ʻehā o nā pesticides maʻamau ʻelima i hiki ke hoʻoweliweli ʻia: fludioxonil, pyraclostrobin, boscalid a me pyrimethanil.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Feb-10-2025