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The environmental working group has published Pesticide Buying Guide for Fruits and Vegetables 2019 report and their Dirty dozen and Clean fifteen reports. According to the badyzes, 70% of US products conventionally grown were accompanied by pesticide residues.
The USDA tests revealed daily consumption of 225 pesticides and pesticide degradation products among popular products, all thoroughly washed and peeled prior to testing, just like a consumer who would show that a simple wash does not remove any pesticides.
90% of the samples of strawberries, cherries, apples, nectarines, spinach and kale gave positive results for residues of 2 or more pesticides. Spinach and kale contained on average 10 to 80% more pesticide residues by weight than any other product. Sweet corn, pineapples and avocados were the cleanest, with less than 1% detectable pesticides. 70% of whitelisted products did not contain pesticide residues; and only 6% of the whitelist samples contained 2+ detected pesticides.
Every year since 2004, the Informal Working Group's Guide ranks pesticide contamination of 47 popular food items based on the results of more than 40,900 samples taken by the USDA. Here's 2019 Dirty Dozen & Clean Fifteen according to the non-partisan non-profit organization EWG:
Twelve dozen:
- Strawberries
- spinach
- kale
- nectarines
- Apples
- Grapes
- Peaches
- cherries
- Pears
- tomatoes
- Celery
- potatoes
Clean fifteen
- lawyers
- Sweet corn
- Pineapple
- Frozen sweet peas
- Onions
- papayas
- eggplant
- asparagus
- kiwis
- Cabbage
- cauliflower
- cantaloupes
- broccoli
- Mushrooms
- Honeydew Melon
During this year, more than 92% of conventionally grown cabbage samples contained at least two pesticide residues, including some of 18 different pesticides; 60% have been tested positive for DCPA, which has long been clbadified as a possible human carcinogen by the EPA and which has been banned in the EU since 2009. The tests ordered by the EWG revealed that the residues of Dacthal were comparable to the average level declared by the USDA; and nearly 70% of conventionally grown products in the US contain pesticide residues. The eWG recommends consuming organic products as much as possible, as studies show that pesticide-free products are beneficial for health.
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