Everyone tells you that pesticide-sprayed produce will give you cancer and plague you with other health problems. Recommendations to pay more and go organic abound in health food circles, but is there really science to back up the claim? As I've discussed previously, not really. In this video, the fifth of its series, I delve into another reason why pesticide-sprayed produce won't harm you. We look at the work of Dr. Bruce Ames, a long-time crusader against harmful chemicals, and inventor of the Ames test which correctly identified formaldehyde and several other carcinogens as toxic to humans. Ames doesn't think the small quantities of synthetic pesticides on fruits & veggies are anything to worry about, and he explains why in a way that you'll find really interesting.
