Editing Pesticide (section)

==== Exposure to pesticide residues from eating food ====
{{Main|Pesticide residue#Health impacts}}
According to the [[American Cancer Society]] there is no evidence that pesticide residues in food increase the risk of people getting cancer.<ref name="acs">{{cite web |publisher=[[American Cancer Society]] |url=http://www.cancer.org/healthy/eathealthygetactive/acsguidelinesonnutritionphysicalactivityforcancerprevention/acs-guidelines-on-nutrition-and-physical-activity-for-cancer-prevention-common-questions |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414122451/http://www.cancer.org/healthy/eathealthygetactive/acsguidelinesonnutritionphysicalactivityforcancerprevention/acs-guidelines-on-nutrition-and-physical-activity-for-cancer-prevention-common-questions |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 April 2013 |access-date=12 December 2015 |date=9 April 2015 |title=ACS Guidelines on Nutrition and Physical Activity for Cancer Prevention – Common questions about diet and cancer }}</ref> A 2009 study estimated that lifetime exposure to pesticide residues from eating fruits and vegetables results in only 4.2 and 3.2 minutes of lost life per person in Switzerland and the United States, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 2009 |title=Life cycle human toxicity assessment of pesticides: comparing fruit and vegetable diets in Switzerland and the United States |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19729188/ |work=National Library of Medicine |language=en}}</ref>