"The presence of so many pesticides on a single product and so many products that exceed the maximum residue limits for pesticides, suggests that we're seeing very poor agricultural practices in countries, which poses risk to the environment where these products are being grown which pose risk to the farm workers who are growing these crops, and ultimately pose risk to the Canadians who are consuming these products." Health effects questioned "This is very worrisome from a number of perspectives," environmental lawyer David Boyd, told Marketplace in an interview. Of the 10 brands tested, only Red Rose came back free of pesticide residues. Some of the pesticides found - including endosulfan and monocrotophos - are in the process of being banned from use in some countries because of dangers to the environment and to workers. And eight of the 10 brands tested contained multiple chemicals, with one brand containing residues of 22 different pesticides. Half of the teas tested contained pesticide residues above the allowable limits in Canada. Watch Marketplace's episode, Strange Brew, at cbc.ca/marketplace.
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