We bring many fruits and vegetables from the market to satisfy our daily nutrition needs. While bringing it from the market, do you ever think about its pesticide management method and the pesticide residue it contains?  Which fruits and vegetables are more power to retain pesticides for a longer period of time? Today I am going to share with you about Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen.

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is a non-profit organization dedicated to public education on topics such as agricultural methods, natural resource protection, and the effects of chemicals on human health. Since 1995, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has published the Dirty Dozen, a list of conventionally cultivated fruits and vegetables with the highest pesticide residue levels. While the Environmental Working Group maintains that this list can assist customers to avoid unnecessary pesticide exposure, some experts, including food scientists, argue that the list is scaring people away from eating nutritious foods. Pesticides are strictly monitored by the USDA, and recent statistics show that pesticide levels in 99.5 percent of standard products are substantially below EPA limits. The EWG produced the Dirty Dozen list as a resource for people who wish to keep their pesticide exposure to a bare minimum for themselves and their families. The Dirty Dozen is a list of fruits and vegetables with the highest level of pesticide residues formed by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) to aware the public on food safety. The list of Dirty dozen is listed below:

                  I.            Strawberries

              II.            Spinach

           III.            Nectarines

          IV.            Apple

              V.            Peaches

          VI.            Grapes

       VII.            Cherries

   VIII.            Pears

          IX.            Tomatoes

              X.            Celery

          XI.            Potatoes

       XII.            Sweet Bell Peppers

 

In contrast to Dirty Dozen, there are fruits and vegetables under the category clean fifteen which indicates the top fifteen conventional fruits and vegetables with the least amount of pesticide residues. The list of Clean Fifteen is listed below:

1.       I.            Avocados
2.   II.            Sweet Corn
3. III.            Pineapple
4. IV.            Cabbage
5.   V.            Sweet Peas
6. VI.            Onions
7. VII.            Asparagus
8. VIII.            Mangos
9. IX.            Papaya
10.   X.            Kiwi
11. XI.            Eggplant
12. XII.            Honeydew Melon
13. XIII.            Grapefruit
14. XIV.            Cauliflower
15. XV.            Cantaloupe

 

References:

https://www.drozshow.com/article/get-list-dirty-dozen-and-clean-15

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/dirty-dozen-foods#the-dirty-dozen