Here's a list you'll want to keep handy. The following fruits and vvegetables are the most likely to be contaminated by pesticides, according to research conducted by the USDA and FDA. They are:
Apples
Bell Peppers
Celery
Cherries
Grapes (imported)
Nectarines
Peaches
Pears
Potatoes
Red Raspberries
Spinach
Strawberries
This "Dirty Dozen" is an eye-opener into the amount of chemicals used by growers to make our produce look glossy, last longer, or ripen during the long journey from farm to supermarket shelf. A recent USDA study found that 73 percent of conventionally grown fruits and vegetables contained at least one pesticide residue, and likely contained multiple residues. An environmental watchdog group determined that strawberries are the single most heavily contaminated produce item.

What is most unsettling (as if this weren'! t enough) is that when determining the amount of chemical residue in our foods, researchers washed them first, so residue levels are approximately the same as you would have after you prepared the foods at home.

Organic foods fared better but still were not entirely safe from chemical residues. (Imported foods were the worst, with imports being three times as likely as domestic products to contain illegal pesticide residues.) Organic foods were far less likely to contain residue from multiple chemicals, and researchers found that organically gown produce typically contained pesticide residues only 1/3 as often as those conventionally grown. They attributed this to soil contamination and over-spray or drifting of chemicals from nearby fields.

Here's the list of the produce that had the lowest levels of pesticides when tested:
Asparagus
Avocados
Bananas
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Corn (sweet)
Kiwi
Mangos
Onions
Papaya
Pineapples
Peas (sweet)
But no matter what you're putting in your shopping cart, it's always a good idea to wash your produce. A quick splash under the faucet won't do it, though: Look for a produce wash that uses natural substances called surfactants that will attach to oils (many pesticides are derived from petrochemicals) so that they can be rinsed away.

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Rac, that list is awsome. We have been slowly switching over to Organic, but now I will look for domestic organic food. There is a book out called the "Crazymakers" and it is great for telling you exactly what all these toxins do to our bodies.

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Thanks Rac!

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