Pesticide on Your Fruits and Vegetables? The Best and Worst.

The Environmental Working Group has analyzed the pesticide residue testing data from the United States Department of Agriculture and released their most recent list of the fruits and vegetables with the most pesicide. . . .

The ten fruits and vegetables with the most pesticide are:

1. Apples
2. Strawberries
3. Grapes
4. Celery
5. Peaches
6. Spinach
7. Sweet Bell Peppers
8. Imported Necrtarines
9. Cucumbers
10. Cherry Tomatoes

The ten fruits and vegetables with the least pesticide are:

1. Avocados
2. Sweet Corn
3. Pineapples
4. Cabbage
5. Sweet Peas
6. Onions
7. Asparagus
8. Mangoes
9. Papayas
10. Kiwi

Remember when reading this list, that meat and other animal source foods have more pesticide in them than fruits and vegetables do.

For a full listing of the fruits and vegetables, go to file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/user/Desktop/My%20Documents/Studies/Organic/List.htm