What types of pesticides are put on bananas?
Bitertanol, Chlotpyrifos, Thiabendazole, Imazil...
Are the one's we found here on imported bananas
Pesticides been found on 100% of UK gov samplers
http://www.pesticides.gov.UK/prc.asp?id=698
The last two ones: Thiabendazole, Imazil are fungicides into the
bananas take a bath before to be packing for export.
In average they put 26 to 30 kilos of pesticides by hectare and
spray them by plane every week (Costa Rica) one week on two (in
Ecuador). In Ecuador the workers cannot quit their work station
during the aerian spray.
For more info on Bananas in the world, workers conditions,
environmental impacts:
www.ibc2.org (international banana conference 2005)
My website will be available in English in few weeks:
www.equicosta.com (Canadian importer of Fraitrade Organic bananas)
Continu to ask questions more we know more we act!!