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PEOPLE, Page 92Forbidding FruitBy Howard G. Chua-Eoan
She played an activist in Silkwood, but offscreen, Meryl Streep
is more likely to be found raising her children than pushing
causes. Yet there she was before a press conference in Washington,
launching Mothers and Others for Pesticide Limits. The deeply
private actress, who chairs the campaign, is alarmed at a report
by the Natural Resources Defense Council that preschool children
are routinely exposed to dangerous levels of chemicals in fruits
and vegetables. Said Streep: "I feel as a parent I have absolutely
no choice but to come out and speak out and join others to alert
the populace at large." Streep added, "You don't want to feel you
have to be a biochemist to do the shopping." It's not a plum role.