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.
STORY AT-A-GLANCE
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…
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