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Story summary
- Pesticide Action Network UK (Pan UK) finds pesticide mixtures in fruits and vegetables, with grapes most contaminated (90% of samples with multiple residues; one sample contained 16 types).
- Grapes are followed by grapefruit, limes, bananas, and sweet peppers.
- Government monitoring shows 67% of samples with residues below safety limits.
- Pan UK notes 29% of detected pesticides are not approved in the UK and calls for reassessment of safety limits.
