Here's where you can find out what insecticides, herbicides, fumigants
and fungicides may be used to grow, treat or store commercial popcorn,
and permissable residue "tolerances."
http://www.popcorn.org/PopcornAgriChemicalHandbook/tabid/148/Default.aspx
Personally I prefer not to eat bug poison if I can help it. I don't
find corn on any list of the "worst" produce though. In general, foods
that we peel expose us to less pesticide residue.
RE GMOs -- they are currently excluded from organic labelling.
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Technical Services Librarian
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University of San Francisco
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On 9/16/2010 12:54 PM, Brigid Duffy wrote:
That's odd; when I surf health food websites, I see many references to
this 'top ten' list (though they don't all have the same foods listed).
Nothing on the FDA website.
Ah, well.
Brigid Duffy
Academic Technology
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA 94132-4200
E-mail: [email protected]
On Sep 16, 2010, at 12:22 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
oh for god's sake...you'd think you were in Berkeley
gary
Something to chew on:
"Would your library consider switching to USDA certified organic-
popcorn
in light of the fact that non-organic popcorn is on the FDA's list
of the
top ten foods most contaminated with toxic pesticides and
chemicals?" From
"All Things Corn" at Green Your Library by Laura Bruzas at
http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/green-your-library/all-things-corn
I'm skeptical about this. I've been searching online but cannot
find the
FDA list cited. I see similar lists, but not any that include
popcorn.
Apparently the most hazardous foods are fruits, veggies, dairy,
fish, etc.
Still, popcorn is made with pesticides. What do you think? Should
libraries serve organic popcorn at screenings?
Mike
Michael May
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Carnegie-Stout Public Library
360 West 11th Street
Dubuque, IA 52001-4697, USA
Phone: 563-589-4225 ext. 2244
Fax: 563-589-4217
Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
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