Mark Kastel, a former executive for agribusiness, is codirector of the Cornucopia\u00a0Institute, a farm-policy research group that supports organic foods.The problem: If fall fruits held a \u201cmost doused in pesticides contest,\u201d apples would win.\u00a0Why?\u00a0<\/p>\n
They are individually grafted (descended from a single tree) so that each variety\u00a0maintains its distinctive flavor. As such, apples don\u2019t develop resistance to pests and\u00a0are\u00a0sprayed frequently. The industry maintains that these residues are not harmful. But\u00a0Kastel counters that it\u2019s just common sense to minimize exposure by avoiding the most\u00a0doused produce, like apples. \u201cFarm workers have higher rates of many cancers,\u201d he\u00a0says. And increasing numbers of studies are starting to link a higher body burden of\u00a0pesticides (from all sources) with Parkinson\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mark Kastel, a former executive for agribusiness, is codirector of the Cornucopia\u00a0Institute, a farm-policy research group that supports organic foods.The problem: If fall fruits held a \u201cmost doused in pesticides contest,\u201d apples would win.\u00a0Why?\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":869,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"\n