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Which Fruits & Veggies Should You Buy Organic?
Of course you wash the produce you purchase before you serve it to your family. And you might even peel it as well. But there still may be unsafe levels of toxic pesticides present if they’ve not been grown organically, says the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a not-for-profit environmental research organization. Here is its list of the top 12 most contaminated fruits and vegetables (worst to least offenders), which may help you choose which foods to buy organic.
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Peaches
According to trials done by the EWG, peaches had the highest likelihood in the fruit-offender category of multiple pesticides on a single sample—86.6 percent had two or more pesticide residues— followed by nectarines (85.3 percent) and apples (82.3 percent).
Need a refresher on pesticides? Not just bug killers, pesticides are
any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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