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Posted: 5:45 p.m. Monday, June 13, 2011

What Fruits & Veggies Contain the Most Pesticides? 

The Environmental Working Group released its 2011 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce today, and apples bumped celery from the top spot. Ninety-eight percent of the more than 700 conventional apples the USDA tested contained pesticides.

 

Here’s the most recent Dirty Dozen list:

  1. Apples
  2. Celery
  3. Strawberries
  4. Peaches
  5. Spinach
  6. Nectarines – imported
  7. Grapes – imported
  8. Sweet bell peppers
  9. Potatoes
  10. Blueberries – domestic
  11. Lettuce
  12. Kale

Making its debut on the list at number 13 is cilantro. The USDA tested the herb for the first time last year and found residue from 34 unapproved pesticides on cilantro.

 

Here is the list of the Clean 15.

  1. Onions
  2. Sweet corn
  3. Pineapples
  4. Avocado
  5. Asparagus
  6. Sweet peas
  7. Mangoes
  8. Eggplant
  9. Cantaloupe – domestic
  10. Kiwi
  11. Cabbage
  12. Watermelon
  13. Sweet potatoes
  14. Grapefruit
  15. Mushrooms

(Source: Mother Nature Network

     
     
     

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