Wednesday 2 November 2022 12:04 AM 50% of bread sold in supermarkets now contain at least two pesticides trends now
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Half of bread bought in supermarkets now contains two or more pesticides – double that of a year ago, official tests have found.
Checks conducted on white and brown loaves, crumpets, scones and muffins found 11 different pesticides.
Just under a third of vegetables (30 per cent) and more than two-thirds of fruit (69 per cent) were found to contain residues of more than one chemical, according to the most recent data published by the UK government.
Checks conducted on white and brown loaves, crumpets, scones and muffins found 11 different pesticides
Campaign group Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK) found a total of 137 different pesticide residues across all produce, including many linked to
