Every fruit and vegetable you buy comes with a dose of poisonous chemicals, unless you are eating organic. But not all produce suffers from the same level of toxicity.
Thankfully the Environmental Working Group just released its annual list of the 15 cleanest and the 12 most pesticide-laden fruit and vegetables to help you decide what to put in your body.
The Dirty Dozen
The Environmental Working Group found these 12 pieces of produce to be most toxic:
1. Apples
2. Strawberries
3. Grapes
4. Celery
5. Peaches
6. Spinach
7. Sweet Bell Peppers
8. Nectarins – Imported
9. Cucumbers
10. Cherry Tomatoes
11. Snap Peas – Imported
12. Potatoes
The Clean Fifteen
The EWG found that the produce listed below are the least likely to hold pesticides residues, and have tested low for total pesticide concentration:
1. Avocados
2. Sweet corn
3. Pineapples
4. Cabbage
5. Frozen sweet peas
6. Onions
7. Asparagus
8. Mangoes
9. Papayas
10. Kiwis
11. Eggplant
12. Grapefruit
13. Cantaloupe
14. Cauliflower
15. Sweet potatoes
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