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What is the best way to clean off the residual pesticides and herbicides from my store bought produce?

Who knows what terrible things it may be doing to my family and myself. Worse yet, there is usually no way for us to normally detect its presence on our food and we end up consuming it all the time. Is there any way I can really get rid of it before eating [...]

Can I ever start a garden on land sprayed with pesticides?

I want to start a small organic garden on land that was sprayed with weed killer some time ago. Can I make it safe to grow food on?

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What are the common pesticides used on strawberries?

I mean pesticides used when they are still growing in the field.
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How do you get rid of rust mites without using pesticides?

I work in a tomato greenhouse, and we have a problem with rust mites right now. About a fifth of the plants are affected, but they are all grouped together among about 30% of the plants. Can i get rid of them using beneficial insects or something or is my best [...]

How do I get rid of silverfish without using any pesticides that might hurt my dogs?

For some reason I just seem to have tons of them right now!

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Does the use of pesticides prevent cancer?

My previous question was misworded. Allow me to apologize.
Pesticides allow for the cheaper production of fruits and vegetables. Fruits and vegetables provide antioxidants. Antioxidants are one of the most important deterrants of cancer.
Without pesticides, fruits and vegetables would be prohibitively expensive for many people, so people would not get enough [...]

How would Charles Darwin explain insects becoming immune to pesticides?

I just need a quick, short answer!
Thanks!
Thank you! I will choose best answer once I become eligable to within the time period of 4 hours or so!

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Do Vegetarians become addicted to Pesticides and Herbicides that are soaked up by Vegetables?

Fruit soaks up Pesticide, also. Peeling does not get it all.
Meat is a lot safer to eat.

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What can pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, and growth hormones in food be linked to causing in humans?

Diseases, problems, small or big health issues, what has been or can come of these?

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Why do people contiue to use pesticides, even knowing that they are so harmful?

I have been an organic gardener for many years now, and am constantly battling my neighbors over pesticide use.
Here’s the thing, my neighbors have many pets, small children, and elderly family members all exposed to the regular pesticide sprayings they do twice a year. It gets better, one of the families has [...]