Dirty Dozen: Produce With Most Pesticides

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Dirty Dozen: Produce With Most Pesticides

Here’s the list of the 12 fruits and vegetables that had the worst overall pesticide scores as noted by the Environmental Working Group:
  1. Apples
  2. Celery
  3. Strawberries
  4. Peaches
  5. Spinach
  6. Nectarines (imported)
  7. Grapes (imported)
  8. Sweet bell peppers
  9. Potatoes
  10. Blueberries (domestic)
  11. Lettuce
  12. Kale/collard greens
Clean 15: Produce With the Least Pesticides

Here’s the EWG’s list of the 15 fruits and vegetables that had the best overall pesticide scores, with produce with the least pesticide contamination at the top of the list:
  1. Onions
  2. Sweet corn
  3. Pineapples
  4. Avocados
  5. Asparagus
  6. Sweet peas
  7. Mangoes
  8. Eggplant
  9. Cantaloupe (domestic)
  10. Kiwi
  11. Cabbage
  12. Watermelon
  13. Sweet potatoes
  14. Grapefruit
  15. Mushrooms
SOURCES:
News release, Environmental Working Group.
EWG web site.
Payne-Sturges, D. Environmental Science and Technology, Sept. 15, 2009; vol 43: pp 7924-7930.
Lu, C. Environmental Health Perspectives, November 2010; vol 118: pp 1625-1630.

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