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Guide to Pesticides in Produce

Executive Summary

Eat your fruits and vegetables! The health benefits of a diet rich in fruits and vegetables outweigh the risks of pesticide exposure. Use EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides to reduce your exposures as much as possible, but eating conventionally-grown produce is far better than not eating fruits and vegetables at all. The Shopper's Guide to Pesticide in Produce will help you determine which fruits and vegetables have the most pesticide residues and are the most important to buy organic. You can lower your pesticide intake substantially by avoiding the 12 most contaminated fruits and vegetables and eating the least contaminated produce.

Commodity crop corn used for animal feed and biofuels is almost all produced with genetically modified (GMO) seeds, as is some sweet corn sold for human consumption. Since GMO sweet corn is not labeled as such in US stores, EWG advises those who have concerns about GMOs to buy organic sweet corn.

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EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce

Dirty Dozen

Buy these organic

1

Apples

2

Celery

3

Strawberries

4

Peaches

5

Spinach

6

Nectarines
– imported

7

Grapes – imported

8

Sweet bell peppers

9

Potatoes

10

Blueberries
– domestic

11

Lettuce

12

Kale/collard greens

Lowest in Pesticide

1

Onions

2

Sweet Corn

3

Pineapples

4

Avocado

5

Asparagus

6

Sweet peas

7

Mangoes

8

Eggplant

9

Cantaloupe
- domestic

10

Kiwi

11

Cabbage

12

Watermelon

13

Sweet potatoes

14

Grapefruit

15

Mushrooms

Top tips for safer products

Top tips for safer products

Public health laws allow:

• Almost any chemical as an ingredient in personal care products
• Misleading and incomplete labeling of ingredients
• Unsubstantiated claims about product benefits
• No required safety testing of products or ingredients

What can you do?

Navigating store aisles can be difficult. Environmental Working Group researchers have evaluated hundreds of safety studies and thousands of ingredient labels to bring you our top recommendations for what not to buy.

• Pick safer products
• Your body
• Your teeth
• Your lips
• Your skin + the sun
• Your hair
• Your nails
• Your kids
• For babies and young children
• For teens
• For women
• For men
• Over-the-counter drugs and personal care products
• Buyer beware: Less common ingredients with significant health concerns
• Ingredients derived from animals

The Full List: 53 Fruits and Veggies

EWG analyzed pesticide residue testing data from the US Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration to come up with rankings for these popular fresh produce items.
Lower numbers = more pesticides.

1

Apples

2

Celery

3

Strawberries

4

Peaches

5

Spinach

6

Nectarines - imported

7

Grapes - imported

8

Sweet bell peppers

9

Potatoes

10

Blueberries - domestic

11

Lettuce

12

Kale/collard greens

13

Cilantro

14

Cucumbers

15

Grapes - domestic

16

Cherries

17

Pears

18

Nectarines - domestic

19

Hot peppers

20

Green beans - domestic

21

Carrots

22

Plums - imported

23

Blueberries - imported

24

Raspberries

25

Green beans - imported

26

Summer squash

27

Oranges

28

Broccoli

29

Green onions

30

Bananas

31

Cantaloupe - imported

32

Honeydew melon

33

Cauliflower

34

Tomatoes

35

Papaya

36

Cranberries

37

Plums - domestic

38

Winter squash

39

Mushrooms

40

Grapefruit

41

Sweet potatoes

42

Watermelon

43

Cabbage

44

Kiwi

45

Cantaloupe - domestic

46

Eggplant

47

Mango

48

Sweet peas - frozen

49

Asparagus

50

Avocado

51

Pineapples

52

Sweet Corn

53

Onions

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