Strawberries top this years’ list of the “Dirty Dozen,” an annual list released by the ewg that ranks pesticide contamination in popular fruits and veggies - via healthing_ca healthing health canada
According to the EWG, “the rankings are based not only on the percentage of samples with pesticides but also on the number and amount of pesticides on all samples and on individual samples.”
Grapes, bell and hot peppers, cherries, peaches, pears, celery and tomatoes finished off the rest of the dirty dozen, a list that remained virtually unchangedAlthough the EWG doesn’t recommend forgoing all produce found on the dirty dozen list — its website says the list should be used to inform shoppers about pesticide exposure — research indicates that this list may have the unintended consequence of turning some shoppers off of all kinds of fruits and veggies, “clean” or not.
Avocados were top of the list, followed by sweet corn, pineapple, onions, papaya and frozen sweet peas. The samples from these six items “tested positive for just three or fewer pesticides per sample,” according to the report. Rounding out the rest of the Clean 15 were asparagus, honeydew melon, kiwi, cabbage, mushrooms, cantaloupe, mangoes, watermelon and sweet potatoes.
Because the USDA doesn’t test every vegetable every year, the EWG determined that available data was no longer reliable for several vegetables that made the 2021 list. Broccoli, cauliflower and eggplant were removed, making room for mangoes, watermelon and sweet potatoes as new additions.
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