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EWG helps protect your family from pesticides! More than 70 percent of non-organic fresh produce sold in the U. This year’s version of the guide, which analyzes the latest test data from the Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration, also reveals that over 50 percent of potatoes, spinach, lettuce and eggplant foods that start with y detectable levels of at least one of three bee-killing neonic insecticides banned in the European Union but still allowed for use on U. A critical part of a healthy diet includes a combination of fruits and vegetables, regardless of how they are grown.

But anyone worried about consuming potentially harmful pesticides should know that many are found on many fruits and vegetables, even after they are washed, peeled or scrubbed, which the USDA does before testing. The goal of EWG’s Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce, released every year since 2004, is to educate the public about fruits and vegetables with the highest and lowest pesticide residues so consumers can make the best decisions for their families. Numerous peer-reviewed scientific studies have shown that consuming produce high in pesticide residue, like the items on our Dirty Dozen list, increases the risk of certain negative health impacts, and that choosing organic can almost immediately reduce the amounts of residues in a person’s body. EWG’s 2022 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce combines data from USDA and FDA tests from 2020 and nine years earlier, with the exception of pineapple data, which is from 2002. The newest data released by the agencies included results of tests of nearly 45,000 samples of produce. The USDA does not test every type of produce every year. The USDA also does not test fruits and vegetables for all pesticides used in crop production.

For example, glyphosate is the most heavily used pesticide in the U. But the USDA has not analyzed these crops for glyphosate. Read more here about EWG’s research into glyphosate on these foods. Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency moved ahead with a long overdue ban of chlorpyrifos on food crops. Any future detections of chlorpyrifos will indicate uses that violate this ban. This year we removed three vegetables from the Clean Fifteen: broccoli, cauliflower and eggplant.