12 Fruits & Veggies With The Most Pesticides (2016 Dirty Dozen)

by Environmental Working Group

''You may have noticed that strawberries have been especially cheap lately, even though their peak growing season is still a few weeks away. Before you splurge on ten cartons, consider the fact that growing these berries out of season often requires some pretty harsh chemicals. The fruit top this year's Dirty Dozen—the Environmental Working Group's ranking of produce that is produced with the highest pesticide load. Here's EWG's take on this year's list, released earlier this morning.

Conventional strawberries top the Dirty Dozen™ list of EWG’s 2016 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce, displacing apples, which headed the list the last five years running...''