We all know we should be eating more fruits and veggie, essential components of a healthy diet, but often these are the very food items that contain a lot of pesticide residues.ruits and veggies are an essential part of a healthy diet, but many conventional varieties contain pesticide residues that don't wash off under the tap water at home.
You can reduce your exposure to pesticides by as much as 80% if you avoiding the most contaminated foods in the grocery store.
To do so, you need the latest info from the why the Environmental Working Group's "Dirty Dozen" list of foods most likely to have high pesticide residues. Since 1995, the organization has taken the government data and identified which type of produce has the most chemicals.
Additionally, Yahoo has a great article on the 2010 "Dirty Dozen".... I think you'll be surprised when you read it.
Click here to access the article.
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