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Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce

EWG’s 2022 Shopper’s Guide to Shopper’s Guide to EWG’s 2022 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce Pesticides in Produce What to Plant This Season – Dirty Dozen & Clean 15

Pesticides in Produce CUT ALONG LINE If you’re planning a garden, the question is always: What to grow this season? Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit activist organization founded in 1992, is here to help. EWG researches toxins in thousands of products – cleaning supplies, cookware and food storage containers – and produces guides so consumers can shop safely. EWG also produces an annual Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce, also known as the Dirty DozenTM and the Clean 15TM. The Clean 15 are non-organic fruits and vegetables with the least amount of pesticide residues. The Dirty Dozen are non-organic fruits and vegetables with the CUT ALONG LINECUT ALONG LINE highest residue of pesticides. The data come from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. So if you want to keep pesticides off your plate, buy organic or grow your own.

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