Dirty Dozen

-photo from Shai Barzilay

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has a list of the one dozen fruits and vegetables highest in pesticides. These are best avoided unless purchased organic. Their dirty dozen includes, in alphabetical order:

apples
bell peppers (sweet)
celery
cherries
grapes
lettuce
nectarines
peaches
pears
potatoes
spinach
strawberries

With fruit season almost upon us, I hope this list is useful.

Posted on May 17, 2007 in health

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melissa

February 23, 2008 at 12:31 pm

Great to know! Thank you!!

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shyb @ mrgarina.com

February 16, 2011 at 4:43 pm

cool image! nice blog!

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Dianne Tudor

February 17, 2011 at 1:44 am

What about raspberries. They should definitely be organic, according to everyone else's list.

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