Re: 10% of tea products contain excessive pesticide residue
Posted: Apr 13th, '11, 15:20
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I'm going to start a new topic on testing organics for pesticides
I'm going to start a new topic on testing organics for pesticides
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I would pay for it. Think about it... if every tea drinker spent a few dollars a year, such an organization could easily operate I would think. It would merely require testing random teas from various vendors. You should KNOW what's in your tea, you know?gingkoseto wrote:It costs money and the question is who pays for it.bambooforest wrote: Why can't an organization randomly take tea samples from different tea purveyors and test it for pesticide levels?
While I do not have stats on number of tea drinkers vs number of teas available from the number of vendors out there. Also to what level of detail will you go? Are you going to test each tea from every vendor in the world? Every vendor selling online? Every vendor selling online with English as an available language on their site?bambooforest wrote:I would pay for it. Think about it... if every tea drinker spent a few dollars a year, such an organization could easily operate I would think. It would merely require testing random teas from various vendors. You should KNOW what's in your tea, you know?gingkoseto wrote:It costs money and the question is who pays for it.bambooforest wrote: Why can't an organization randomly take tea samples from different tea purveyors and test it for pesticide levels?
It's not that I have a problem with pesticides. I have a problem when the pesticide residues exceed international standards of what's considered safe. That's just not acceptable, is it?