The Dirty Dozen & The Clean Fifteen

Written By Dr. Paulette Higgins

SHOPPER’S GUIDE TO PESTICIDES IN PRODUCE™

Note: All information and facts were taken from the EWG's 2018 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce™. For references and further reading please go to https://www.ewg.org/.

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  • More than 98 percent of samples of strawberries, spinach, peaches, nectarines, cherries, and apples tested positive for residue of at least one pesticide.

  • A single sample of strawberries showed 20 different pesticides.

  • Spinach samples had, on average, 1.8 times as much pesticide residue by weight as any other crop.

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Relatively few pesticides were detected on these foods, and tests found low total concentrations of pesticide residues.

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  • Avocados and sweet corn were the cleanest. Less than 1 percent of samples showed any detectable pesticides.

  • More than 80 percent of pineapples, papayas, asparagus, onions, and cabbages had no pesticide residues.

  • No single fruit sample from the Clean Fifteen tested positive for more than four pesticides.

Dirty Dozen

 
 
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  • STRAWBERRIES

  • SPINACH

  • NECTARINES

  • APPLES

  • GRAPES

  • PEACHES

  • PEARS

  • CHERRIES

  • TOMATOES

  • CELERY

  • POTATOES

  • SWEET BELL PEPPERS

  • HOT PEPPERS

 

CLEAN FIFTEEN

  • AVOCADOS

  • SWEET CORN

  • PINEAPPLES

  • CABBAGES

  • ONIONS

  • SWEET PEAS FROZEN

  • PAPAYAS

  • ASPARAGUS

  • MANGOES

  • EGGPLANT

  • HONEYDEW MELONS

  • KIWIS

  • CANTALOUPES

  • CAULIFLOWER

  • BROCOLLI

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Dr. Paulette Higgins https://alldunamis.com
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