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Got this via George Mateljan's WHF email (so I guess a lot of you will have seen it!).
"Clean 15
About this time every year the Environmental Working Group releases their latest list of foods highest and lowest in pesticide residue. This week I want to share with you their updated lists for 2013. They have again expanded the Dirty Dozen with a Plus category to highlight two crops -- kale and collard greens. According to the EWG, these vegetables "did not meet traditional Dirty Dozen criteria but were commonly contaminated with highly toxic organophosphate insecticides. These insecticides are toxic to the nervous system and have been largely removed from agriculture over the past decade. But they are not banned and still show up on some food crops."
Here are EWG's updated lists for 2013:
Dirty Dozen:
Apples
Celery
Cherry Tomatoes
Cucmbers
Hot Peppers
Nectarines
Peaches
Potatoes
Spinach
Strawberries
Bell Peppers
Plus:
Kale/Collard Green
Summer Squash
Clean 15:
Asparagus
Avocados
Cabbage
Cantaloupe
Corn
Eggplant
Grapefruit
Kiwi
Mangoes
Mushrooms
Onions
Papayas
Pineapples
Sweet Peas - frozen
Sweet Potatoes
Summary | EWG's 2013 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce™
Got this via George Mateljan's WHF email (so I guess a lot of you will have seen it!).
"Clean 15
About this time every year the Environmental Working Group releases their latest list of foods highest and lowest in pesticide residue. This week I want to share with you their updated lists for 2013. They have again expanded the Dirty Dozen with a Plus category to highlight two crops -- kale and collard greens. According to the EWG, these vegetables "did not meet traditional Dirty Dozen criteria but were commonly contaminated with highly toxic organophosphate insecticides. These insecticides are toxic to the nervous system and have been largely removed from agriculture over the past decade. But they are not banned and still show up on some food crops."
Here are EWG's updated lists for 2013:
Dirty Dozen:
Apples
Celery
Cherry Tomatoes
Cucmbers
Hot Peppers
Nectarines
Peaches
Potatoes
Spinach
Strawberries
Bell Peppers
Plus:
Kale/Collard Green
Summer Squash
Clean 15:
Asparagus
Avocados
Cabbage
Cantaloupe
Corn
Eggplant
Grapefruit
Kiwi
Mangoes
Mushrooms
Onions
Papayas
Pineapples
Sweet Peas - frozen
Sweet Potatoes
Summary | EWG's 2013 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce™
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