In my daily quest to find random and cool things about food on the internet, I came across www.whatsonmyfood.org/. They offer a free searchable database of pesticide residue levels found on different foods in the U.S. and the toxicity of these chemicals. With both PC access and a mobile app, it’s an indispensable aid for modern shoppers. When will China get something like this??!?
我平常在网上随意搜索一些关于食物的有意思的信息时，偶然发现了 www.whatsonmyfood.org这个网站，他们提供一个免费的搜索数据库，在这个数据库中可以找到美国各类食物中农药的残余量以及这些农药中化学品的毒性。由于用电脑和手机都能搜索，这个网站对于现代购物者来说成为了一个不可或缺的好帮手。中国什么时候才能有这种网站呢？ （中文翻译者：Bella)
The website summarizes the kinds of pesticides found on the food:
这个网站总结了在食物中发现的各类农药残余。
Gives you a comparison for average levels in organic versus non-organic….
给你一个关于平均水平下有机食品和无机食品中农药残余量的比较。
….and also give you the level of pesticides considered toxic to humans so you have a reference for evaluating the amounts on the food:
给你一个对人类具有毒性的农药量水平参考，这样你就能够评估食品中农药残余是否过量。
They also have created an app so you can have it handy while you shop:
他们还创建了一个手机应用，这样你购物时能够很方便的查询。
BEST OF ALL, they reference everything, so the data sources are completely transparent:
最重要的是，他们参考所有信息，所以数据来源完全是透明的。
China doesn’t have a nationwide reporting system for pesticide residues available to the public. Even if there was, according to John Chapple, a Consultant for Sino Analytica’s independent residue testing laboratory, China’s food supply tends to be much more fractured amongst small farmers than the U.S., so a meaningful database on chemical contaminants would be difficult to compile.
中国没有一个面向公众的全国性的农药残余报道系统。据中国诺安检测服务有限公司的独立残余物检测商业实验室顾问john chapple所说，即使有的话，中国小农的食物供给往往比美国分散，所以很难建立一个有效的关于化学污染物的数据库。
“With no effective traceability, and with products still produced in small volumes by a large number of producers, little could be learnt from such a survey, other than to confirm that a wide range of pesticides are used here, albeit usually with relatively low residues,” he said.
他说，“由于没有有效的追踪体系，加之农产品仍然由大量的生产者分别少量生产，这样的调查除了确认有多种农药被使用以外，鲜能得知农药残余量——尽管通常只有相对较少的残余量”。
China is the world’s second largest producer of pesticides and its largest user of mineral fertilizers. Preliminary investigations, like this one by Greenpeace, suggest that residues on food are a problem. While not all pesticide residues are harmful, it would be nice to have more access to this kind of food safety information.
中国是世界第二大农药生产国，也是世界最大无机肥料使用国。初步调查（如绿色和平组织的调查）显示食品中的农药残余是一个难题。尽管并非所有的农药残余都有害，但可以获得更多的关于这种食品安全信息总是好的。
Mr. Chapple believes the best way to protect from contaminants is to maintain a diverse diet. “The key is to eat small volumes of lots of things,” he recommends.
Chapple先生相信，最好的免受污染物侵害的办法就是维持一个多样化的饮食习惯。他建议，“关键是吃各种不同的食物，每种不要多吃”。
For now, the What’s on my Food? site is also available in Chinese. Only applicable to U.S. foods, unfortunately.
现在，whatsonmyfood这个网站有了中文版本，不幸的是，它只适用于美国的食物。
