Strawberries Are the Dirtiest of the 'Dirty Dozen'

While buying organic is the best way to avoid pesticide residues in your food, conventional produce varies widely by level of contamination.

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• In 2018 EWG analyzed tests from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which revealed close to 70% of conventionally grown produce samples contained pesticide residues

• In all, 230 different pesticides and pesticide breakdown products were identified in more than 38,800 nonorganic samples

• Strawberries ranked No. 1 in terms of pesticide…