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/.

• 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.

• 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

• 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