 There are some plant foods we may want to stay away from, such as cans of bamboo shoots imported from China. This was a study to evaluate the residues of organochlorine pesticides like DDT in Chinese bamboo shoots. Now this was research carried out in China, and as I read the article I couldn't help but get a distinct sense they were trying to downplay their findings. For example, they said only nine pesticides were detected. This was their conclusion, while all sampled bamboo shoots contained these pesticides, most were safe for consumption. No thanks.