[Pollard]

The 2024 Dirty Dozen

Of the 46 items included in our analysis, these 12 fruits and vegetables were most contaminated with pesticides:

1. Strawberries
2. Spinach
3. Kale, Collard & Mustard Greens
4. Grapes
5. Peaches
6. Pears
7. Nectarines
8. Apples
9. Bell & Hot Peppers
10. Cherries
11. Blueberries
12. Green Beans

https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/dirty-dozen.php

They also list the clean fifteen and a bunch in between the clean and dirty. https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/full-list.php

The Clean Fifteen

1. Avocados
2. Sweet corn
3. Pineapple
4. Onions
5. Papaya
6. Sweet peas (frozen)
7. Asparagus
8. Honeydew melon
9. Kiwi
10. Cabbage
11. Watermelon
12. Mushrooms
13. Mangoes
14. Sweet potatoes
15. Carrots

Report Summary https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/summary.php

Cabbage is kind of surprising.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I love those Dirty Dozen lists! So handy. Also - I grow a lot of that stuff myself, so no pesticides to worry about. :)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Re: Cabbage - usually the outer leaves (that they don’t sell) are full of holes from bugs, so those would more than likely be sprayed for the overall health of the final cabbage head.

Unless you have a bad infestation of Cabbage Worms, the heads are usually OK at harvest. (Just my personal experience).