Believe it or not, some fruits and vegetables are more contaminated with pesticides than others. The Environmental Working Group has analyzed tests from the U.S Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug of more than 36,000 samples from 48 different conventionally grown produce. Of these tests, they have come up with the "dirty dozen" and the "clean fifteen". These lists show the most contaminated and least contaminated items to show you which ones should be of priority to buy organically. So, be cautious of want type of produce you are buying and what sort of chemicals you could be digesting by consuming certain products. Pesticides that are use on conventionally grown fruits and vegetables can be very harmful to your health, and especially the health of children and babies.
The Dirty Dozen
- Strawberries
- Spinach: spinach has recently moved up the list from #8 due to an increasingly large amount of pesticide residue found on the vegetable
- Nectarines
- Apples
- Peaches
- Pears
- Cherries
- Grapes
- Celery
- Tomatoes
- Sweet bell peppers
- Potatoes
The Clean Fifteen
- Sweet Corn
- Avocados
- Pineapples
- Cabbage
- Onions
- Sweet peas frozen
- Papaya
- Asparagus
- Mangos
- Eggplant
- Honeydew Melon
- Kiwi
- Cantaloupe
- Cauliflower
- Grapefruit
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