The Environmental Working Group has come out with a listing of the “Dirty Dozen”. These are the fruits and vegetables with the most pesticide residues. Their web site, www.ewg.org lists the percentage of a particular produce contaminated as well as the number of pesticides found on each. The web site also lists the “cleanest” produce.
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The dirtiest produce is the apple. This was followed by celery, strawberries, peaches, spinach, imported nectarines, imported grapes, sweet bell peppers, potatoes, domestic blueberries, lettuce, and kale/collard greens. The cleanest was onions.