The Purge of Pesticides!

Welcome, again to our Going Green Blog!  I hope you enjoy the blog, as we have and continue to work very hard on it!  Each of us has to give up something as part of this project, and this week, my personal goal is to give up using lids on the cups that I use.  You see, the lids are made of plastic, and the plastic isn't good for the environment as many of us are aware.  To end the use of lids was a practice I heard of recently, and makes a lot of sense, given the fact that it helps reduce the usage of plastic.  As many like myself want to reduce their carbon footprint, become environmentally friendly, go green as it were, I find this to be a very good way to do just that.

Like so many of my fellow classmates, I enjoy drinking tea.  With my tea, I like to put honey to add some flavor.  As we all know, honey is made from bees.  While these black and yellow creatures produce this tasty treat, recent studies have been done on what is used to help produce this delectable condiment. It turns out that the things that go into our honey aren't as natural as we think.  The New York Times has written a recent story that discusses exactly what pesticides are interfering with the production of the honey.  As the busy bees work their way to create the honey, lots of things, like many different kinds of pesticides are making their way into our honey.

In the article, they describe a pesticide that is related to nicotine, and has been banned from Germany and Italy, where a lot of the honey we eat is manufactured originally.  It is no wonder they ban this pesticide, as it causes many problems for the honey being produced! If you want more details, read the article, but I can say this: It is no wonder that more and more people everyday are trying to keep things local, eat only organic foods, without any pesticides.  The things they are putting in our foods isn't always good for us!

As I continued my research, I've found an interesting website that can tell you EXACTLY what is in our food. Clearly going for originality, it is called, Whatsinmyfood.com.  After googling pesticides in honey, according to this website there are, get ready for this, a total of TWELVE pesticides in honey alone! Twelve!  Definitely check out this website for a full list, but to me, that seems a little unnerving.  If twelve pesticides are in honey, how many pesticides are in other foods???

Maybe I'll give up all foods that contain pesticides for next time.  Why do I feel like I'm going to be rather hungry during the next few days.....