Study shows more than half of vegetables tainted with pesticides residueLocal study shows 70 percent of vegetables are tainted with pesticides residue, with two samples of organic vegetables breaching legal limits. Hong Kong Organic Resource Centre from the Hong Kong Baptist University found a high percentage of conventional and self-proclaimed organic vegetables were found containing pesticide residue. Those containing pesticide residue beyond the EU standard include 3 mainland certified organic vegetables, 21 local self-proclaimed organic vegetables, 2 mainland self-proclaimed organic vegetables, and eight non-organic vegetables from mainland and Hong Kong. The study also found two self-proclaimed organic vegetables containing pesticide residues beyond the Hong Kong standard’s legally tolerated limit. The study also found that less than one third of the self-claimed or certified organic vegetables stalls, 16 out of the 52, sells certified organic vegetables.

Source: The Standard April 28, 2020 09:56 UTC