12 Fruits and Vegetables and the cleanest big dirty fruits and vegetables

EWG compared the non-profit organization by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration made on the farm for nearly 43,000 test data, released the "12 big dirty" and "12 Great clean" of fruits and vegetables.

 

 
12 the most serious pesticide contamination of fruits and vegetables (sorted by serious pollution, the most dirty at the top) are: peaches, apples, bell peppers, celery, nectarines, strawberries, cherries, pears, imported grapes, spinach, lettuce, potatoes.

 
12 kinds of fruits and vegetables contaminated lightest (sorted by a clean, top of the most clean) are: onions, avocado, frozen sweet corn, pineapple, mango, asparagus, frozen green beans, kiwi, bananas, cabbage, broccoli, papaya.
These results indicate that consumers can avoid using dirty way of fruits and vegetables and reduce intake of nearly 90% of the pesticides, consumption of fruit and dirty 12 people large average daily intake of 15 different pesticides, eating only 12 Great clean and fruits and vegetables, with an average daily intake of no more than 2 types of pesticides species.

 
Experts suggest that in choosing among the "big dirty 12" list of fruits and vegetables, try to buy organic products, if you can not buy or find the prices too expensive, attention must be carefully before eating clean and wash, washing can reduce a serious / 3 to 1 / 2 of the pesticide intake.