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Are berries safe to eat? How worried should I be about the pesticide dimethoate?

  • Written by Ian Musgrave, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide
Are berries safe to eat? How worried should I be about the pesticide dimethoate?Alexander Sinn/Unsplash

Australia’s regulator has suspended use of a common pesticide used on blueberries, raspberries and blackberries known as dimethoate.

But this year-long suspension isn’t due to any new information about the pesticide itself. Rather, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) says it’s...

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