/oss/taxonomy/term/519/all en /oss/article/nutrition-environment/clean-ideas-about-dirty-dozen <p>It’s springtime which means it is time for the Environmental Working Group (EWG) to send the media into a frenzy with its annual release of the “dirty dozen” conventionally produced fruits or vegetables that contain the greatest variety of pesticide residues. The implication is that these should be shunned in favour of  their organic versions. </p> Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:55:49 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 7024 at /oss /oss/article/science-science-everywhere/methyl-iodide <p>Now it’s toxic strawberries from California! “Will strawberry shortcake be known for causing cancer, birth defects and miscarriages,” asks a widely circulating article on the web. Well, no. Not unless you make a habit of eating that shortcake in a strawberry field that is being fumigated with methyl iodide. What we are being subjected to here is yet another case of some chemically ignorant person taking a legitimate concern and twisting it into an unrealistic and naive warning.</p> Sun, 18 Mar 2012 15:39:45 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 1679 at /oss