“Worrying results”: the majority of bagged salads are contaminated with pesticide residues. Of the 26 references analyzed, five are “free from contamination” For the other 21, 3.8 pesticide residues per salad were detected on average.
The level of pesticide found in these salads consumed by nearly seven out of ten households remains “within regulatory limits”, so there is theoretically no health risk. “A salad, even if it contains these pesticide residues, does not present a risk,” explains Patricia Chairopoulos, journalist at “60 million consumers”