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Produce’s Dirty Dozen: Hungry for Change Posted by Wendy Cohen on August 15, 2008 at 7:50 pm

Environmental Working Group posted a guide listing the fruits and veggies that have the most pesticides to help you decide what you should buy organic and what can ge purchased when conventionally grown is the only thing available.

Here are the top 12 fruits and veggies with the most pesticides.

1. Peaches (who would have thunk!)

2. Apples

3. Sweet Bell Peppers

4. Celery

5. Nectarines

6. Stawberries

7. Cherries

8. Lettuce

9. Grapes

10. Pears

11. Spinach

12. Potatoes

and the least cleanest: Onions.
takepart and get the Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce

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