Should one be careful importing vegetables/spices/tomatoes/nopales from Mexico/Latin America, given potential heavy metal/pesticide/microplastic contamination?

#1

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279331625_Physical_and_chemical_characteristics_of_cactus_stems_Opuntia_ficus-indica_for_exportation_and_domestic_markets

Especially important b/c tomatoes are one of the two foods that decrease Mike Lustgarten’s aging rate, and nopales seem especially healthy, everything else equal

#2

I still eat them. I also eat produce that will chelate heavy metals.