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12-05-07, 11:48 AM
How many of you like eating fruits and vegetables daily, trying to stay healthy.
You will take ,for example, apple and u r in hurry as always, so u will nt wash it very well.
What u dunno, there are some residues of pesticides on it. But, yeah u dnt have time to think even abt that.
Here are some types of toxicity cuased by pesticides:
General toxitic categories
CATEGORY SYSTEM AFFECTED COMMON SYMPTOMS
Respiratory Nose, trachea, lungs Irritation, coughing, choking, tight chest
Gastrointestinal Stomach, intestines Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea
Renal Kidney Backpain, urinating more or less than usual
Neurological Brain, spinal cord Headache, dizziness, behaviour confusion, depression, coma convulsions
Haematological Blood Anaemia (tiredness, weakness)
Dermatological Skin, eyes Raches, itching, redness, swelling
Reproductive Ovaries, testes, feotus Infertility, miscarriage
this is a table btw,
http://www.prn2.usm.my/mainsite/bulletin/sun/1997/sun6.html
I dnt want to scary u...bt juz pay more attention to hw important is washing fruits/vegetables b4 eating them.
You will take ,for example, apple and u r in hurry as always, so u will nt wash it very well.
What u dunno, there are some residues of pesticides on it. But, yeah u dnt have time to think even abt that.
Here are some types of toxicity cuased by pesticides:
General toxitic categories
CATEGORY SYSTEM AFFECTED COMMON SYMPTOMS
Respiratory Nose, trachea, lungs Irritation, coughing, choking, tight chest
Gastrointestinal Stomach, intestines Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea
Renal Kidney Backpain, urinating more or less than usual
Neurological Brain, spinal cord Headache, dizziness, behaviour confusion, depression, coma convulsions
Haematological Blood Anaemia (tiredness, weakness)
Dermatological Skin, eyes Raches, itching, redness, swelling
Reproductive Ovaries, testes, feotus Infertility, miscarriage
this is a table btw,
http://www.prn2.usm.my/mainsite/bulletin/sun/1997/sun6.html
I dnt want to scary u...bt juz pay more attention to hw important is washing fruits/vegetables b4 eating them.