Last week, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) released their annual Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce. The guide analyzes pesticide residue data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and ranks popular fruits and vegetables based on the amount of pesticide residues found. This report includes the Dirty Dozen, or the list of 12 fruits and vegetables sampled that have the highest traces of pesticides and the Clean Fifteen, the produce that have tested very low for (or have no) traces of pesticides. “Choosing organic fruits and vegetables can almost immediately reduce the amounts of residues in a person’s body, because the harmful chemicals used on non-organic, or conventional, produce are no longer a factor.” (EWG, 2023). The overall conclusion of the report? Too many pesticides are still found in too high quantities on too much of the produce millions of Americans eat every day. #dirtydozen #cleanfifteen #chooseorganic #pesticideawareness #choosingproduce #EWG #shoppersguidetopesticidesinproduce