EWG Dishes Out Their Updated Dirty Dozen List

Friday, 27 March 2009
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Flickr.com/Ellie Van Houtte The Dirty Dozen is back. No, we're not talking about the movie—it's the recently released, fifth edition of The Environmental Working Group's (EWG) list of the 12 conventionally grown fruits and veggies with the highest levels of pesticide residue.

So before you go food shopping, find out which produce items to purchase and which ones to pass on by!

Peaches once again top the list, but spinach—which was on 2006's black list-moved down to 14th. This made NaturallySavvy wonder: How much poison are we talking about? As it turns out, a lot.

Click here to read the full article on Tree Hugger.

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