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The Environmental Worker Group recently released their Shopper's Guide:

"We recommend that people eat healthy by eating more fruits and vegetables, whether conventional or organic," says Ken Cook, president and founder of Environmental Working Group. "But people don't want to eat pesticides with their produce if they don't have to. And with EWG's guide, they don't."

EMagazine.com has more:

To ensure their data accurately embodied a typical consumer's pesticide intake, the USDA and FDA thoroughly washed and peeled fruit and vegetable samples before they were tested, much like one would at their own home. They then calculated the percent of samples that had detectable pesticides, the percent of samples with two or more pesticides, the average number and amount (in parts per million) of all pesticides found on a sample, the maximum number of pesticides found on a single sample and the number of pesticides found on the fruit or vegetable in total.

The Shopper's Guide lists fruits and vegetables in order of these percentages, and the twelve with the highest pesticide contamination make up their "Dirty Dozen" list. Apples, America's most popular fruit after bananas, topped the "Dirty Dozen" list this year- pesticide residues were present on 98% of the over 700 samples tested. Second to apples was celery, followed by strawberries, peaches, spinach, nectarines (imported), grapes (imported), bell peppers, potatoes, blueberries (domestic), lettuce and kale/collard greens.

Yes, an "apple a day keeps the doctor away" still applies...but only if you wash it properly before consuming it!

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