Margo: «I recently read a Consumer Report article about when to buy organic and when it's ok not to. That article said that fruits that have a skin like pineapple, oranges, bananas one would be fine not to buy organic b/c the pesticides are in the peel which we don't eat and the the skin or peel protects the fruit from absorbing pesticides.» It is true that fruits and veggies with thicker skin tend to have *fewer* pesticides in/on them (once peeled) than say a strawberry or raspberry where you can' t easily wash them the same way. However, it is not true that *all* pesticides are in the peel. There are pesticides that are called "systemic" pesticides that you can apply on, for example, just a few leaves of the plant and yet the plant takes the pesticide in question up into its system (kind of like our blood stream ;-)) and circulates it everywhere in the plant, including into the fruit when it is at its fruit-bearing stage. This is so that an insect or fungus or whatever is attacking the plant will get a dose of the pesticide no matter what part of the plant they eat...might even be the roots. So many fruits with peels *still* have some pesticides in them, even once the peel is removed. But the "topical" (non-systemic) pesticides that only work when they stay on the part of the plant the predator likes will not be *inside* the fruit under the peel usually. Fio -- Maman to Sandrine, 8, Nyssa 5, and laat lametjie due 8/08. «Love at first sight is easy to understand; it's when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle.» -- Amy Bloom http://babystrology.com/tickers/baby-ticker-glass.swf?parent=Fio&year=2008&month=8&day=20&babycount=1 http://women.evenhealth.com/image/c/bg701712.jpg http://www.rabais-coupons.com pour des coupons virtuels *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome