Pesticides, insecticides, herbicides, and fungicides are widely used in U.S. agriculture to protect food crops from worms, insects, weeds, or fungi that may affect their quality and their profitability. Most of the produce we buy in the supermarketvirtually everything that isnΓÇÖt labeled ΓÇ£organicΓÇ¥has been grown with one or more of these agents.
Careful buying and cleaning of produce is clearly important. Whenever practical, buy organic produceΓÇöwhich by definition has been grown without pesticides and their relatives. It is not always cosmetically perfect, but it is free of potentially harmful substances and may even be more flavorful than mass-produced fruit and vegetables.
