date:Sep 25, 2017
arrot and root vegetables, Carine says. These are often small cultivations, for which few pesticides are acknowledged. Its important to know that an MRL surplus doesnt automatically mean theres a toxicity problem. An MRL is a limit for good agrarian practices, and is usually below the toxicity limit by a factor of 10 to 100. For non-acknowledged pesticides, theres a limit of 0.01 mg/kg or parts per million (ppm) in Europe. For comparison: it would be as much as a 40-centimetre slat across the ci