The Dirty Dozen

Have any of you heard of the dirty dozen? It is a list of the most pesticide ridden pieces of produce that the Environmental Working Group (EWG) puts out. They give you an option to print out a handy dandy little sheet that you can put in you wallet for reference when you are shopping. They also have the clean 15 list so that you know what is low in pesticides if for some reason you can't or don't want to buy them organic. Check out the EWG website as they have a lot of other references on their site for clean living. Here are the lists, followed by the EWG website...

  

Here is the "dirty dozen"...

1. Celery
2. Peaches
3. Strawberries
4. Apples
5. Blueberries
6. Nectarines
7. Bell Peppers
8. Spinach
9. Cherries
10. Kale/Collard
11. Greens
12. Potatoes

Here is the "Clean 15"...

1. Onions
2. Avocado
3. Sweet Corn
4. Pineapple
5. Mangos
6. Sweet Peas
7. Asparagus
8. Kiwi
9. Cabbage
10. Eggplant
11. Cantaloupe
12. Watermelon
13. Grapefruit
14. Sweet Potato
15. Honeydew Melon

http://www.ewg.org/

In case you didn't notice, most of the produce low on the pesticides have peels or a thick barrier to protect the part you eat!