Produce You Should Never Buy At The Super Market: The Dirty Dozen
ByJill Greve,
While we all wish we could buy only organic produce to cut down on chemical exposure, it's not always feasible. Sometimes the grocery store doesn't have an organic version of your favorite fruit, and weekly trips to the farmer's markets just aren't for everyone.
Luckily for us, the Environmental Working Group publishes an annual list of the produce with the most pesticide residue, allowing us to know which produce items we should buy organic, and which ones we don't have to.
This list is called The Dirty Dozen, and it is estimated that you can cut down pesticide exposure by 80% just by avoiding these twelve items, unless they're organic.
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1) Apples |
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2) Strawberries |
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3) Grapes |
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4) Celery |
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5) Peaches |
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6) Spinach |
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7) Sweet Bell Peppers |
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8) Imported Nectarines |
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9) Cucumbers |
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10) Cherry Tomatoes |
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11) Imported Snap Peas |
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12) Potatoes |
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