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Collard Greens/Kale  Below are the pesticides with established
tolerances (residue limits for pesticides used in the U.S. or by
countries exporting to the U.S.) for collard greens/kale. While
not all the pesticides on the list are applied to all collard
greens/kale, there is no way to tell which pesticides are
applied to any given piece of conventional produce on your store
shelf. You may consider talking to the farmers at your local
farmers market about the pesticides they use, but eating organic
is the only way to know for sure.   Pesticide Tolerances —Health
and Environmental Effects: The database shows that while collard
greens/kale grown with toxic chemicals show low pesticide
residues on the finished commodity, there are 33 pesticides with
established tolerance for collard greens/kale, 9 are acutely
toxic creating a hazardous environment for farmworkers, 28 are
linked to chronic