Another facet to the o.j. degradation situation...
Citrus growers in Florida and California have been fighting to prevent loss of all citrus to citrus greening disease (aka huanglongbing virus) and the citrus psyllid insect since 2005 and about 2008, respectively. In California this has meant widespread spraying of heavy-duty neonicotinoids and other pesticides (that kill bees) for well over a decade, with county inspectors routinely checking all trees they lay eyes on. Currently there are citrus quarantines all over the state. For nearly 15 years,we have not been able to buy young citrus trees that have not been sprayed several times with Malathion, or the latest substitute, in their pots. Some of us who plant citrus trees in CA suggest that people do not eat the fruit until second harvest, as all pesticides are most concentrated in the ovary of the tree. And the ovary is...the fruit. The idea is to leave just a few fruits on the first season - pesticide bombs - and then hope/assume the toxins have cycled through and out. I'd love to see some studies on this.
And no, the rind does not prevent toxicity inside the fruit: What’s On My Food :: Pesticides on Orange Juice
On January 12, 2021, Trump's EPA approved the use of Aldicarb, a neurotoxic pesticide linked to brain damage in young children and banned in 100 countries for use on FLA citrus. They also approved the use of two antibiotics, now in use - oxytetracycline and stretptomycin, antibiotics, banned for such use in the EU and Brazil. You Don't Want to Know What They Do to Oranges - The Organic Prepper
The Environmental Working Group published a piece recently (2021) about hormone-disrupting fungicide levels ON and found IN oranges: Tests Find Hormone-Disrupting Fungicides on Most Citrus Fruit Samples
All so pitiful and short-sighted.
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I had been drinking TJ's organic no pulp o.j., currently from Mexico, but it often has a very strange taste to it, with hints of grapefruit, rotten oranges, and something hard to define that probably shouldn't be there. I just returned several cartons that were beyond acceptable and am pretty certain that there in zero quality control going on. Not sure how I'll proceed; orange season is over here.
Citrus growers in Florida and California have been fighting to prevent loss of all citrus to citrus greening disease (aka huanglongbing virus) and the citrus psyllid insect since 2005 and about 2008, respectively. In California this has meant widespread spraying of heavy-duty neonicotinoids and other pesticides (that kill bees) for well over a decade, with county inspectors routinely checking all trees they lay eyes on. Currently there are citrus quarantines all over the state. For nearly 15 years,we have not been able to buy young citrus trees that have not been sprayed several times with Malathion, or the latest substitute, in their pots. Some of us who plant citrus trees in CA suggest that people do not eat the fruit until second harvest, as all pesticides are most concentrated in the ovary of the tree. And the ovary is...the fruit. The idea is to leave just a few fruits on the first season - pesticide bombs - and then hope/assume the toxins have cycled through and out. I'd love to see some studies on this.
And no, the rind does not prevent toxicity inside the fruit: What’s On My Food :: Pesticides on Orange Juice
On January 12, 2021, Trump's EPA approved the use of Aldicarb, a neurotoxic pesticide linked to brain damage in young children and banned in 100 countries for use on FLA citrus. They also approved the use of two antibiotics, now in use - oxytetracycline and stretptomycin, antibiotics, banned for such use in the EU and Brazil. You Don't Want to Know What They Do to Oranges - The Organic Prepper
The Environmental Working Group published a piece recently (2021) about hormone-disrupting fungicide levels ON and found IN oranges: Tests Find Hormone-Disrupting Fungicides on Most Citrus Fruit Samples
All so pitiful and short-sighted.
~~~
I had been drinking TJ's organic no pulp o.j., currently from Mexico, but it often has a very strange taste to it, with hints of grapefruit, rotten oranges, and something hard to define that probably shouldn't be there. I just returned several cartons that were beyond acceptable and am pretty certain that there in zero quality control going on. Not sure how I'll proceed; orange season is over here.