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Which Fruits and Vegetables Have the Lowest Pesticide Load?

organic shopping list What fruits and veggies are best and worst when it comes to pesticide residues? If you have a choice, try to purchase organic varieties of produce that is conventionally grown with the lowest amount of pesticides.

Highest pesticide load:	Lowest pesticide load:
apples carrots celery cherries imported grapes kale lettuce nectarines peaches pears strawberries sweet bell	onions avocado frozen sweet corn pineapples mango sweet frozen peas asparagus kiwi bananas cabbage broccoli eggplant

Adapted from Environmental Working Group:

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