The pesticide found most often on fruits and vegetables is endosulfan and it is an endocrine-disrupter. Earlier in the hearing, Dr. Theo Colborn, an expert on endocrine-disrupting chemicals, made the point that a single dose of some chemicals can disturb a baby's normal sexual development. Joe Rodricks makes a clear distinction in his book between risk assessment and risk management. First you assess the risk, then government acts to protect the public, he says. At the hearing last October, Congressman Waxman asked EPA's Dr. Lynn Goldman how long it would take before Vinclozolin would be removed from the American food supply.
Science simply can never provide such assurances.
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