Here are the 3 fruits most contaminated by pesticides in 2024, according to 60 Million consumers

They are said to be good for health and we are encouraged to eat at least 5 per day by integrating them into our various meals of the day, but fruits And vegetables contain substances as problematic as those found in certain industrial foods. The presence of pesticides in fruits and vegetables is now known, but the magazine 60 Million consumers has just revealed the results of a new survey concerning PFASa category of pesticides which includes perfluorinated compounds more commonly called “eternal pollutants”, and which we find in many fruits that we eat every day. Vegetables, for their part, are contaminated to a lesser extent.

“In ten years, the proportion of fruits and vegetables containing at least one PFAS residue for agricultural use has almost tripled, increasing by 220% for fruits and 274% for vegetables” reveal the results of the magazine’s survey published by the National Consumer Institute. Among those which contain the most, we find 3 very popular fruitsincluding an Red fruit and 2 yellow fruits.

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Among the fruits grown within the EU which are the most contaminated by these substances when they come from conventional agriculture, we find:

• THE strawberries : 37% of these red fruits, which are among the most popular, contain PFAS
• THE peaches : residues of these controversial substances are found in 35% of marketed peaches
• THE apricots : 31% of commercially purchased apricots contain PFAS

Worse still, it is common to detect “three to four different PFAS” in one and the same fruit. It is therefore better to try to buy strawberries, peaches and apricots from organic farming – which does not allow them – to protect yourself from ingesting them regularly.

PFAS in fruit: what are the risks?

These perfluorinated compounds are mostly “endocrine disruptor potential”when they are not classified among carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic substances for reproduction, as highlighted 60 Million consumers.

Although the pesticide residues found in the fruits mentioned respect the maximum authorized limits, the fact of ingesting products which respect these regulatory thresholds still exposes us to the risk linked to the accumulation of these substances, and this “cocktail effect ” still remains poorly documented, warns the magazine.

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