The Environmental Working Group (EWG)releasedits 2024Dirty Dozenlist, a “Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce,” and it serves as a solid reminder that we still have a lot of work to do when it comes to cleaning up the food system. This year, the report found that nearly 75 perc...
Here's the EWG's most recent list of the 12 fruits and vegetables with the most pesticides—the "Dirty Dozen." By Carolyn Malcoun Carolyn Malcoun As EatingWell's Associate Editorial Director, Carolyn Malcoun searches for cool farmers, chefs and other food stories to tell. She has a bachel...
Nectarines, apples, bell and hot peppers, cherries, blueberries and green beans rounded out the list of the 12 most contaminated samples of produce. It's dubbed the "Dirty Dozen" by the Environmental Working Group, or EWG, an environmental and health advocacy organization that has produced the ...
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And the EWG analyzes the samples to determine which produce has the most pesticide residues (the Dirty DozenTM) and which has the least pesticide residues (the Clean FifteenTM). To compare pesticide contamination on each food, the Environmental Working Group uses the following six measures. ...
EWG’s 2018 Dirty Dozen™ Strawberries Spinach Nectarines Apples Grapes Peaches Cherries Pears Tomatoes Celery Potatoes Sweet Bell Peppers Image: Environmental Working Group Following this top 12 dishonorable list are other types of produce, in this order. Use caution when buying these in non-organic...
The Bottom Line:"At the end of the day, my personal opinion is that eating enough produce is the most important thing, regardless of whether it is organic or conventionally grown," Sassos says. "Don’t let the dirty dozen list deter you from eating produce if it isn’t organic: The ...
Each year since 2004, the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit organization that aims to make the environment healthier, ranks the non-organic produce with the most pesticides that they callThe Dirty Dozen. The EWG analyzes data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug...
If you aren’t in the habit of buying organic produce, the EWG’s Dirty Dozen list can help you determine which foods you should spend an extra dime on, to make sure you aren’t ingesting dangerous pesticides. The report found that more than 98% of strawberries, spinach, peaches, nectari...
For the first time, EWG analysts looked at reported levels of fungicides, one form of pesticide used to kill fungal diseases such as powdery mildew. “Four out of five of the most frequently found pesticides on the ‘Dirty Dozen’ list were fungicides, and they were also found in particula...