pesticide residue
Crop spray remnants
Pesticide residue is the trace amount of pesticide chemicals remaining on or in food after crops have been treated.
Regulations set maximum residue limits for produce: The strawberries tested positive for pesticide residue.
Washing and peeling reduce but don't eliminate residues.
The term appears frequently in discussions of organic food and food safety.
- pyrethroidsArtificial flower-based pesticides
- organophosphatesPhosphorus-based toxic compounds
- bioaccumulationPollutant concentration in tissues
- food contaminationHarmful substances in edibles
- carcinogenicityCapacity to cause cancer
cancer risk · metabolites · fungicides · biodiversity loss · soil contamination · fumigation · farm runoff · dietary intake · herbicides · environmental monitoring · persistence · insecticides · groundwater pollution · toxic · EPA · farming · chemical · vegetables
- pollution metricsAQI, air quality index, particulate matter, PM2.5, carbon monoxide
- Recallsdrug recall, food recall, mandatory recall, voluntary recall, recall notice
- adulterantsmelamine, borax, chalk, sawdust, filler
- Aral Seaship graveyard, desertification, salt flats, salt deposits, dust storms
- arsenic pollutionarsenic, arsenic poisoning, groundwater pollution, water contamination, drinking water
- soil degradationsoil erosion, soil depletion, nutrient depletion, desertification, salinization
pesticide residuepesticide-free
Lacking chemical pest treatments
chemical-free · residue-free · uncontaminated · purity · untreated
pesticide residueorganic produce
Food grown without synthetics
organic farming · natural pest control · companion planting · beneficial insects · permaculture