Pesticides, Health, and Kashrut – May We Eat Foods with Pesticides?
QUESTION
Rochester, NY
Are there kashrut implications to pesticides in fruits and vegetables and their impact on human health?
ANSWER
No, not form a kashrut perspective. I do understand that people would like to bring certain Torah-value concerns into the kashrut conversation, such as tzaar baalei chayim (cruelty to animals), treatment of workers, additives and pesticides, etc., but
