2016 Dirty Dozen Vegetables and Fruits

April 22nd, 2016 by Loretta Lanphier, NP, BCTN, CN, CH, HHP

2016 Dirty Dozen Vegetables and Fruits

The 2016 Dirty Dozen Vegetables and Fruits list from the EWG (Environment Working Group), released Tuesday, April 12, 2016, is based on tests conducted in 2014 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on 6,953 samples of fruits and vegetables. While almost 3/4 of the samples tested contained residue from at least one pesticide, each year the EWG comes up with its list of the dozen different fruits and veggies that toxic-chemical-aware consumers should know before purchasing.

2016 Dirty Dozen Vegetables and Fruits

  1. Strawberries
  2. Apples
  3. Nectarines
  4. Peaches
  5. Celery
  6. Grapes
  7. Cherries
  8. Spinach
  9. Tomatoes
  10. Sweet bell peppers
  11. Cherry tomatoes
  12. Cucumbers

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Key Findings to Consider

  • More than 98 percent of strawberry samples, peaches, nectarines, and apples tested positive for at least one pesticide residue.
  • The average potato had more pesticides by weight than any other produce.
  • A single grape sample and a sweet bell pepper sample contained 15 pesticides.
  • Single samples of strawberries showed 17 different pesticides.

It’s important to understand that “this year’s update of EWG’s Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™ reports that USDA tests found a total 146 different pesticides on thousands of fruit and vegetable samples examined in 2014. The pesticides persisted on fruits and vegetables tested by USDA – even when they were washed and, in some cases, peeled.” These findings indicate that the conventional fruit and vegetable industries are choosing to ignore an obvious market trend which shows American consumers are definitely voting with their pocketbooks for produce that contains less pesticide. And this is definitely demonstrated by the crowds that currently choose to shop at their local farmers’ markets rather than the local grocery store.

Now for the good news…below are the 2016 clean fifteen vegetables and fruits that do not need to be purchased organically. However, we still encourage people to shop their local farmers’ markets and support locally grown vegetables and fruits.

2016 Clean Fifteen™ Vegetables and Fruits

  1. Avocados
  2. Sweet Corn*
  3. Pineapples
  4. Cabbage
  5. Sweet Peas (frozen)
  6. Onions
  7. Asparagus
  8. Mangoes
  9. Papayas*
  10. Kiwi
  11. Eggplant
  12. Honey Dew Melon
  13. Grapefruit
  14. Cantaloupe
  15. Cauliflower

* A small amount of sweet corn, papaya and summer squash sold in the United States is produced from GE seedstock. Buy organic varieties of these crops if you want to avoid GE produce.

Loretta Lanphier is a Naturopathic Practitioner (Traditional), Certified Clinical Nutritionist, Holistic Health Practitioner and Certified Clinical Herbalist as well as the CEO / Founder of Oasis Advanced Wellness in The Woodlands TX. She has studied and performed extensive research in health science, natural hormone balancing, anti-aging techniques, nutrition, natural medicine, weight loss, herbal remedies, non-toxic cancer support and is actively involved in researching new natural health protocols and products.  A 14 year stage 3 colon cancer survivor, Loretta is able to relate to both-sides-of-the-health-coin as patient and practitioner when it comes to health and wellness. “My passion is counseling others about what it takes to keep the whole body healthy using natural and non-toxic methods.” Read Loretta’s health testimony Cancer: The Path to Healing. Loretta is Contributor and Editor of the worldwide E-newsletter Advanced Health & Wellness. Check out Oasis Advanced Wellness and our natural skin care site Oasis Serene Botanicals.

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