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What About Pesticide Content?

Mark H. Phelps, MD
Southern Humboldt Medical Center Garberville, Calif

Arch Fam Med. 1993;2(7):700.

Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text PDF and any section headings.

I read with interest the article by Etherton and Kochar1 in the March 1993 issue of the ARCHIVES on facts and controversies regarding coffee. I was disappointed, however, in the lack of the discussion about pesticide content. While I realized that such an inclusion in what basically was a review article would be mostly theoretical, a discussion of the potential problems and the actual amounts of pesticide residues would still be quite interesting.

It is fairly well known that coffee produced in a nonorganic way is fairly liberally treated with pesticides. I am interested to know how the end product of dried and roasted beans compares with other fruits and vegetables produced in a nonorganic way. It would also be interesting to know just how "organic" a pound of organic coffee truly is.

As cancer rates continue to climb and as our world continues to become more polluted, I believe . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]






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