Onions are the least likely to be contaminated with pesticides. Image: Alexandre Dulaunoy via Flickr CC |
But enough about the contaminated foods. You can read about that in the other post. Here I wanted to talk about the 15 cleanest foods to
buy. These are the foods that, if you can’t afford to buy everything organic,
are much less likely to be contaminated with pesticides in their non-organic
forms. Here are the “Clean 15” as provided by the Environmental Working Group (EWG):
- Onions
- Sweet Corn
- Pineapples
- Avocado
- Cabbage
- Sweet Peas
- Asparagus
- Mangoes
- Eggplant
- Kiwi
- Cantaloupe (domestic)
- Sweet Potatoes
- Grapefruit
- Watermelon
- Mushrooms
If you can’t afford to buy all produce organic, these are the safest produce items to purchase non-organic varieties of. The health risks from consumption of
pesticide-contaminated foods are grave. Because health risks depend on the
amount of pesticides consumed and the toxicity of individual pesticides,
avoiding the most contaminated foods while eating more of the least contaminated
foods will help keep you out of harm’s way.
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