Health, Taken Seriously

The EWG has just released the 5th edition of its Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides.  This guide includes the 12 fruits and veggies that usually have the most pesticide residues on them.  Peaches, apples, and bell peppers are usually at the top of the list, but I don’t remember seeing kale on it before.  This surprises me as kale is quite bitter and I didn’t expect that pests would love it (peaches, on the other hand, make perfect sense.)  The guide also include the 15 cleanest produce–fruits and veggies that usually have very low pestidice residues on them.  These are the ones that you don’t have to buy organic (especially useful if you’re trying to eat organically but are worried about the cost). Avocado, pineapple, mango, and sweet peas have been on the list for a while.  But, going purely from memory, it looks like they’ve removed banana from the Clean 15 list and now cabbage, eggplant, tomato, and sweet potato have been added.  Very interesting!