Your shopping cart could be killing songbirds, says Bridget Stuchbury, of York University. How? Imported fruits and vegetables, which North Americans buy in the winter, are grown with highly toxic pesticides in the Southern Hemisphere, causing toxic levels of pesticides in various migratory birds.These pesticides are chemicals that are often either restricted or banned here in the U.S, and they affect not only birds, but the environment, the workers and consumers. Fruits and vegetables imported from Latin America are three times as likely to violate EPA standards for pesticide residues as U.S.-grown produce. So how can you have a bird- and human-friendly grocery list? Here are the most important tips according to Stuchbury:
- Buy organic coffee that is certified Bird Friendly.
- Buy organic bananas
- It can be difficult to find organic melons, green beans, tomatoes, bell peppers and strawberries; only buy these foods if they are not imported from Latin America.
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