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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Dirty Dozen (70% of conventional non-organic are contaminated with pesticides)
Once again, strawberries top the list of the 12 "dirtiest" fruits and vegetables, according to the Environmental Working Group.
Every year since 2004, the group -- a nonprofit, nonpartisan environmental organization -- ranked pesticide contamination in 47 popular fruits and vegetables for its Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce.
Strawberries
Spinach
nectarines
apples
grapes
peaches
cherries
pears
tomatoes
celery
potatoes
sweet bell peppers
#13 hot peppers
Each of these foods tested positive for pesticide residues and contained higher concentrations of pesticides than other produce.
https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/04/10/health/2018-dirty-dozen-fruits-and-veggies-ewg/index.html
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(53,924 posts)sdfernando
(5,252 posts)even if you could survive, with the gutting of the EPA you'd be right back to square one in no time.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Blue_Adept
(6,429 posts)So hurry up and die already, ya takers.
womanofthehills
(9,131 posts)yum yum - residues of Roundup
IronLionZion
(46,736 posts)for easy reference when shopping. They also list the clean fifteen