Dirty Dozen, Have a Cow & Prime Peacoats
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• The Dirty Dozen. The Environmental Working Group, a public health nonprofit, put out a list of the fruits and veggies to absolutely avoid unless they're organic. They analyzed almost 100,000 produce pesticide reports from the USDA and the FDA. The “Dirty Dozen,” which contain 47 to 67 pesticides per serving, are the most dangerous because they have porous or textured skins that suck up more pesticides.
- 1. Celery
- 2. Peaches
- 3. Strawberries
- 4. Apples
- 5. Domestic blueberries
- 6. Nectarines
- 7. Sweet bell peppers
- 8. Spinach, kale and collard greens
- 9. Cherries
- 10. Potatoes
- 11. Imported grapes
- 12. Lettuce
Clean Fifteen. On the other side of this equation is the fruits and veggies that are not terribly hazardous if you get the conventional, non-organic varieties. These had the least detectable residues of pesticides:
- 1. Onions
- 2. Sweet corn
- 3. Sweet peas
- 4. Asparagus
- 5. Cabbage
- 6. Eggplant
- 7. Sweet potatoes
- 8. Avocados
- 9. Pineapples
- 10. Mangoes,
- 11. Kiwi
- 12. Domestic cantaloupe
- 13. Watermelon
- 14. Grapefruit
- 15. Honeydew
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