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Examining 90 samples of tomato, cucumber and pepper, Greenpeace Mediterranean has released a report entitled "The Danger on Our Table: Pesticides."
The samples were obtained from five large grocery chains and one local bazaar in August, October and November last year. An internationally accredited laboratory examined the samples, looking for traces of 620 types of pesticides, the report said.
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Here are the findings of the report:
Greenpeace Mediterranean Food and Agriculture Project Manager Berkan Özyer said, "There is poison on our table. We feed our children and our loved ones with chemicals that are banned and need to be collected, shouldn't be used."
"The results of this analysis, which we conducted on the most basic supplies in our kitchen, show that urgent action should be taken.
"We should be able to consume clean and healthy food without poisonous chemicals and being dependent on exports," he said, suggesting the implementation of what Greenpeace calls an "ecological agriculture model."
"Strong agricultural policies are needed to implement and control this model. With the ecological agriculture model, we can both save farmers from the pesticide deadlock and access healthy food." (PT/VK)