The dirty dozen of fruits and veggies

by Patricia Mayville-Cox
Oct 4th 2007 @ 7:44AM

Filed under: Food

In a perfect world, we could buy all of our food from organic sources. However, sometimes that is just not realistic.

If you would like to start moving into buying organic food slowly, the Environmental Working Group has come up with a list of fruits and vegetables that are best to buy from organic sources if possible. They call them The Dirty Dozen, because the group found that their counterparts tended to have the highest pesticide residues:

• Apples
• Cherries
• Grapes, imported (Chili)
• Nectarines
• Peaches
• Pears
• Raspberries
• Strawberries
• Bell peppers
• Celery
• Potatoes
• Spinach
  

Next up, milk, beef and poultry are also worth considering.

Here are the vegetables and fruits that are not as important to buy from organic sources:

• Bananas
• Kiwi
• Mango
• Papaya
• Pineapples
• Asparagus
• Avocado
• Broccoli
• Cauliflower
• Corn
• Onions
• Peas

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