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Romanian tomatoes and imported tomatoes were tested.
Antena 3 tested tomatoes from greenhouses in Giurgiu County, field-grown tomatoes in Teleorman County, tomatoes from Poland and tomatoes from Turkey. The results were obtained in 48 hours.
Tomatoes from Turkey, nine pesticides
9 pesticides were found on Turkish cherry tomatoes tested in the lab. Alexandru Cîrîc, general director of R&D at ICA, said that “nine pesticides have been identified, most with fungicides, nine is quite a lot, but they do not exceed legal limits. However, identifying nine substances in a single product is more unusual. Turkey probably doesn’t have our growing conditions and has to deal intensively with all these pesticides to get good results. ”
Giurgiu tomatoes, possible contamination
In the case of Giurgiu tomatoes, a little used fungicide was found for tomatoes. Alexandru Cîrîc hypothesized a contamination: “We believe that the legal limit is 1 ml / kg, and we detected 0.005 ml / kg. This can come from contamination of the soil, a nearby garden or a nearby vine.
Tomatoes from Teleorman and Poland, pesticide free
No pesticides were found on tomatoes in Poland and Teleorman.
“There are many studies that indicate that exposure to pesticides, even low intensity, is correlated with a number of chronic diseases, some of them neurological, such as Parkinson’s, depression, anxiety, memory or attention deficit, ADHD, some forms of cancer , some forms of lymphoma. In addition, pesticides affect the endocrine system, because they have a certain mimicry, mimic certain substances in the body and activate certain endocrine receptors, “warned toxicologist Radu Ţincu.
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