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These 12 Fruits and Vegetables Have the Most Pesticides!

April 28, 2016Health & Wellness

The Environmental Working Group has officially released their 2016 Dirty Dozen list — the 12 fruits and vegetables that contain the most pesticides — and the list is one you’ll want to read!

Each year, the Environmental Working Group releases the Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce. Their findings are based on laboratory tests done by the USDA Pesticide Testing Program and the Food and Drug Administration. The group determines the average amount of pesticides found on fruits and vegetables, and releases a list to ensure that consumers are better informed before they buy.

The produce is listed in order, beginning with the most contaminated. While apples have placed first for the past five years, strawberries won the gold this year. An astounding 98% of strawberry samples that were tested had detectable pesticide residues, 40% of which had residues of 10 or more different pesticides.strawberries-99551_1280

Sonya Lunder, EWG Senior Analyst, shared her thoughts on strawberries ranking at #1 on the list, “It is starling to see how heavily strawberries are contaminated with residues of hazardous pesticides, but even more shocking is that these residues don’t violate the weak U.S. laws and regulations on pesticides in food.”

Health Risks of Pesticides

Most of us know about the dangerous health risks of pesticides, but just to reiterate, pesticides have been linked to respiratory problems, memory disorders, skin conditions, depression, birth defects, a higher rate of miscarriage, neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, and even cancer.

Pesticides have been shown in study after study to be linked to a wide range of human health hazards. A study conducted by researchers at the Public Health Institute, the California Department of Health Services and the UC Berkeley School of Public Health found a sixfold increase in risk for autism spectrum disorders for children of women who were exposed to toxic pesticides.

The EWG’s Shoppers Guide to Pesticides in Produce may be especially important to parents who are trying to incorporate more fruits and vegetables into their children’s diets. Evidence shows that the human brain is not fully formed until the age of 12, and childhood exposure to some of the most common pesticides used may greatly impact the development of the central nervous system, making children particularly susceptible to the health risks associated with pesticides. pesticides

Not everyone has the opportunity or the means to buy organic 100% of the time. That’s why the EWG creates their guide each year — to inform consumers of the top fruits and vegetables that should always be organic when purchased. When picking up the following 12 produce items, you won’t want to let the organic label slide:

2016 Dirty Dozen

  1. Strawberries
  2. Apples
  3. Nectarines
  4. Peaches
  5. Celery
  6. Grapes
  7. Cherries
  8. Spinach
  9. Tomatoes
  10. Sweet Bell Peppers
  11. Cherry Tomatoes
  12. Cucumbers

See anything there that surprised you? Here’s the good news: The EWG’s guide also includes a list known as the Clean Fifteen. When organic isn’t an option, try sticking to these 15 fruits and vegetables that showed very little pesticide contamination when tested:

2016 Clean Fifteen

  1. Avocados
  2. Sweet Corn
  3. Pineapples
  4. Cabbage
  5. Frozen Sweet Peas
  6. Onions
  7. Asparagus
  8. Mangos
  9. Papayas
  10. Kiwi
  11. Eggplant
  12. Honeydew
  13. Grapefruit
  14. Cantaloupe
  15. Cauliflower

Dr. Oz shares his views about pesticides in food and the health problems associated with them!

h/t: mind body green

The post These 12 Fruits and Vegetables Have the Most Pesticides! appeared first on DavidWolfe.com.

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