Analysts have raised the alarm about potentially harmful pesticides linked to cancer and infertility that are found in fruit like satsumas and oranges imported into Britain.
Campaign group Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK) used Government testing data to show 46 pesticides with links to cancer had been detected on produce imports to Britain as of the end of last year.
This was more than double the 19 such pesticides found in British produce.
Similar results were found for pesticides linked to fertility and damage to the nervous system, with twice and thrice as many such chemicals found on imports compared to British fare.
By food group, ‘soft citrus’ — which includes satsumas, tangerines and clementines — had the highest change of having a cocktail of multiple pesticides present, with 96 per cent of samples tested returning positive.
This was followed by oranges and lemons which had multiple pesticides detected in in 95 and 89 per cent of samples.
All three types of fruit contained as many as nine different pesticides — and all of these samples were imported from South Africa.
For individual fruits, grapes from Lebanon that had the most pesticides of any item, with 13 substances detected on one sample analysed.
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