We all know that organic food is the way to go. But sometimes, life happens and either our store doesn’t carry many organic options or we just simply can’t afford it.
Each year the Environmental Working Group (EWG) updates a list called the Dirty Dozen, which ranks the pesticide contamination on 48 popular fruits and vegetables. The list is well known and respected by health professionals. Simply by purchasing the top 12 most contaminated produce items organic, you can drastically reduce your intake of pesticides.
Similarly, the EWG updates a list called the clean 15 which ranks the produce with the lowest pesticide contamination. So, if you don’t want to or it isn’t feasible to buy everything organic, these are the best foods to buy conventional.
