Francois, >F: Thanks a lot for this unexpected info. Do you know the title of the book >for futur references? That quote was taken from "Spiritual Nutrition and the Rainbow Diet". >It would be interesting to find more about it, maybe the initial article of >W.Newsome. But I fear it's gonna be difficult. Unfortunately, he didn't give the specifics for that study reference. However, I found some other info regarding this subject: Quoting from http://www.soil-health.org.nz/organicnz/proceedings/PESTICIDESINFOOD.htm -- *** The dithiocarbamates are a group of fungicides including mancozeb, metiram, zineb and ziram which have a metabolite called ethylene thiourea (ETU). This breakdown product is a known endocrine disruptor, carcinogen, mutagen and teratogen, and can concentrate upon processing and heating. In other words, if you cook a vegetable which has been sprayed with mancozeb (the most common), you will be increasing the amount of the dangerous metabolite. Over 60% of the 138 samples of fruit and vegetables analysed for dithiocarbamates in the latest total diet survey contained them. The 17 fruit and vegetables ranked in order according to occurrence and mean concentration are: broccoli, cabbage, tomato, celery, lettuce, onions, cucumber, apples, oranges, mushrooms, potatoes, courgettes, kumara, nectarines, pears, capsicum and kiwifruit. *** Wes