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09-12-2003, 07:23 PM
The controversy in California concerning the concentration of perchlorate in vegetables is decreasing in at least one sector. It appears that tomatoes do not contain detectable levels of the chemical. Residents of California have been in a headed debate concerning the concentration of the chemical in lettuce.
"The news is encouraging, however I’d be saying the same thing whether the results were good or bad: the testing methodology is faulty because labs can’t guarantee more than 50 percent accuracy, so there is still a lot of work that needs to be done,” said Jenny Midtgaard Derry, executive director for the Farm Bureau.
Ag officials like Derry are pressing for government funded scientific experiments on all produce crops. They are inviting all elected county, state and federal officials to a perchlorate working group meeting later this month to lobby for more testing and a so-called risk assessment level so farmers know what level of perchlorate in their food is too much to be considered safe."
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"The news is encouraging, however I’d be saying the same thing whether the results were good or bad: the testing methodology is faulty because labs can’t guarantee more than 50 percent accuracy, so there is still a lot of work that needs to be done,” said Jenny Midtgaard Derry, executive director for the Farm Bureau.
Ag officials like Derry are pressing for government funded scientific experiments on all produce crops. They are inviting all elected county, state and federal officials to a perchlorate working group meeting later this month to lobby for more testing and a so-called risk assessment level so farmers know what level of perchlorate in their food is too much to be considered safe."
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http://gilroydispatch.com/news/newsview.asp?c=73723