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The Pesticide Pack

Posted Aug 25 2008 6:55pm
Organic farming is gentler on the planet and minimizes our exposure to pesticides and other chemicals utilized in conventional farming to maximize growth conditions and output.



It's funny -- what we now call organic farming WAS conventional farming decades ago.



While ideally we would always have access to -- and money to spend on -- purely organic produce , I realize this is not the case for everyone.



Lucky for us, the non-profit Environmental Working Group conducted 43,000 tests over the course of five years (2000 - 2005) to determine what fruits and vegetables carry the highest pesticide load (AKA which ones you should always try to go organic for).



The top ten offenders, in order, are:



Peaches

Apples

Sweet bell peppers

Celery

Nectarines

Strawberries

Cherries

Lettuce

Imported Grapes

Pears



The safest?



Onions

Avocados

Frozen sweet corn

Pineapples

Mangos

Frozen sweet peas

Asparagus
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