by Verena Vradulovic, In Image and In Word, USA - Decades of applied pesticides and fertilizers have delivered high yield, immaculate- looking fruit to many of the supermarkets in the U.S. and to the far corners of the globe, but not without a local cost. Heavy pesticide and fertilizer use in cultivating household staples such as oranges, peaches, nectarines, grapes, olives and walnuts has contaminated local community drinking water.