Pesticides
and Food:
What You and Your Family Need to
Know
• Does my food contain pesticide residues?
• Could
those pesticides harm me or my family?
• What does the
government do to ensure that pesticides used on food are safe?
The pages in this Web area answer these and other questions
about pesticides and food. They reflect and expand upon information
contained in a brochure (below) EPA developed as required by the Food
Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996.
 EPA Brochure:
"Pesticides and Food: What You and Your Family Need to
Know"
Publication Number: 735-F-98-001
Order from: National Center for Environmental Publications
(NCEP)
• Phone: 1-800-490-9198
• Web site: http://www.epa.gov/ncepihom/ordering.htm
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