The Environmental Working Group is a nonprofit research organization specializing in agriculture toxins. Every so often, they come out with a list of the pesticide content in common fruits and vegetables.
Here are the top ten vegetables to grow in your garden (or purchase organic):
- Bell peppers - 11 different pesticides on one bell pepper sample
- Celery - 94% of celery tested showed pesticides
- Spinach - 70% of spinach tested showed pesticides
- Lettuce – 9 different pesticides on one sample of lettuce
- Potatoes – 81% of potatoes tested showed pesticides
- Carrots – 81.7% of carrots tested showed pesticides
- Green Beans
- Hot Peppers
- Cucumbers
- Mushrooms
- Bonus: Tomatoes
- Peaches - overall highest amount of pesticides (among fruits and vegetables)
- Apples
- Nectarines
- Strawberries
- Cherries
- Pears
- Grapes - Imported
- Raspberries
- Plums
- Grapes - Domestic
- Bonus: Oranges
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Great post! And, very helpful for anyone trying to go organic on a budget. Consumer reports compiled the results of this study and published an online resource, where people can check out what foods are most important to grow or purchase organically grown, and in which cases it does not matter as much. This can be found at www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/organic-products-206/when-buying-organic-pays-and-doesnt.htm.
Lynne Eldridge M.D.
Author, "Avoiding Cancer One Day At A Time"
http://www.avoidcancernow.com
Thank you Dr. Eldridge.
The link to Consumer reports looks like it got cut off, but I'll try to re post it here and amend it to the original post.
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