Nonorganic strawberries and spinach again top the list of fruits and veggies with high pesticide levels, an annual guide to pesticides in produce states.
Strawberries and spinach continue to top the annual list of the"Dirty Dozen" fruits and veggies that contain the highest levels of pesticides, followed by three greens , nectarines, apples, grapes, and bell and hot peppers, according to the Environmental Working Group's 2022 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce.
"If the things you love to eat are on the 'Dirty Dozen' list, we recommend buying organic versions when you can," said Alexis Temkin, a toxicologist at the Environmental Working Group with expertise in toxic chemicals and pesticides. Multiple pesticidesIssued yearly since 2004, the EWG report uses US Department of Agriculture test data to rank 46 foods that are the most and least contaminated with pesticide residues. The USDA staffers prepare the food as consumers would — washing, peeling or scrubbing — before testing each item.
Testing found the highest level of multiple pesticides — 103 — on samples of the heart-healthy trio of kale, collards and mustard greens, followed by 101 pesticides on hot and bell peppers. In general,"spinach samples had 1.8 times as much pesticide residue by weight as any other crop tested," the report said.
The pesticide DCPA, classified by the EPA as a possible human carcinogen and banned in 2009 by the European Union, was frequently detected on collards, mustard greens and kale, the EWG report said. Babies and children are especially vulnerable to pesticides, experts say, because of the damage the chemicals can cause to the developing brain. A 2020 study found an increase in IQ loss and intellectual disability in children due to exposure to organophosphates, a common class of pesticides.
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