12 Foods to Buy Organic
The 'dirty dozen' is a list of the most pesticide-laden fruits and vegetables in produce departments. When thinking about buying organic food, these are the first ones to put on your shopping list.
Medically reviewed by Pat F. Bass III, MD, MPH
To guide people shopping for produce, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) releases a new list of “dirty dozen” fruits and vegetables each year. Simply put, these are the fruits and vegetables that have the most pesticide contamination based on the EWG’s analysis of more than 89,000 laboratory tests. Considering this, they are also the foods that you might want to put on your organic shopping list.
Last Updated: 10/28/2010
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