Posted AT 5:05 AM EDT on 05/10/06
Canada's pesticide screening of food criticized
According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, fresh fruits and vegetables on Canadian store shelves are remarkably free of pesticides, with bug- and weed-killer residues on only 10 per cent of the thousands of samples it checks every year.
But a new report from an environmental think tank contends the federal food safety watchdog is seriously underestimating these residues because U.S.
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