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Turkish Bay (Sweet Bay)

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 turkish bay (sweet bay). While not all the pesticides on the list are applied to all turkish bay (sweet bay), 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 turkish bay (sweet bay) grown with toxic chemicals show low pesticide residues on the finished commodity, there are 11 pesticides with established tolerance for turkish bay (sweet bay), 5 are acutely toxic creating a hazardous environment for farmworkers, 9 are linked to chronic health problems (such as cancer), 3 contaminate streams or groundwater, and 10 are poisonous to wildlife.

Pollinator Impacts: In addition to habitat loss due to the expansion of agricultural and urban areas, the database shows that there are 6 pesticides used on turkish bay (sweet bay) that are considered toxic to honey bees and other insect pollinators. For more information on how to protect pollinators from pesticides, see Beyond Pesticides' BEE Protective webpage.




Azoxystrobin (A, SW, GW, W)

Bifenthrin (A, C, SW, W, B)

Chlorantraniliprole (C, W)

Clethodim (A, C)

Cyprodinil (W)

Fludioxonil (C, W, B)

Glyphosate (C, SW-URBAN, W)

Imidacloprid (A, C, W, B)

Spinetoram (C, B)

Spinosad (C, W, B)
