Fruits and Vegetables With the Most Pesticides

Strawberries Top the 'Dirty Dozen' List of Fruits and Vegetables With the Most Pesticides

The two types of produce topped the EWG ranking of the 12 fruits and vegetables with the highest concentrations of pesticides—the so-called “Dirty Dozen.” After strawberries and spinach come nectarines, apples, grapes, peaches, cherries, pears, tomatoes, celery, potatoes and sweet bell peppers. More than 98% of peaches, cherries and apples contained at least one pesticide.

Here is the EWG’s list of the fruits and vegetables lowest in pesticide residue—the so-called Clean 15:

  1. Avocados

  2. Sweet corn

  3. Pineapples

  4. Cabbage

  5. Onions

  6. Frozen sweet peas

  7. Papayas

  8. Asparagus

  9. Mangoes

  10. Eggplants

  11. Honeydews

  12. Kiwis

  13. Cantaloupes

  14. Cauliflower

  15. Broccoli

See Time Magazine Article 10 Apr 2018

Health, DietAndrew TomasFood, Pesticides, Eating, Health, Time magazineComment