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October 13, 2010 | Print

What’s On My Food?

What’s On My Food is an easy to search database identifying the pesticides on foods from butter to grapes and their potential health impact. Created by the Pesticide Action Network (PAN), What’s On My Food uses information from the USDA and FDA to list how much and how often a pesticide is found on a particular food. By making this information accessible to the public, PAN emphasizes the importance of limiting pesticides in agriculture. What’s On My Food compares for many foods the chemical levels of organic and conventional, a striking contrast.

We click through What’s On My Food to check foods we eat most often, which basically reiterates our efforts to eat organic as much as possible. We were also inspired to sign up for PANUPS, a news service about PANs advocacy work and the latest research on pesticides.