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Reduce Your Pesticide Exposure By 90%
Powerful steps you can take to protect yourself and your loved ones!

If you avoid the top 12 most contaminated fruits and vegetables or only eat them when purchased organic, you can reduce your pesticide exposure by almost 90 percent.The four worst fruits are: peaches, nectarines, strawberries, and apples.The four worst vegetables are:
peppers, spinach, celery and potatoes.

Fruit and Vegetable Contamination List

12 Most Contaminated 12 Least Contaminated
Buy Only Organic Organic Not Necessary

Apples Asparagus
Bell Peppers Avocados
Celery Bananas
Cherries Broccoli
Imported Grapes Cauliflower
Nectarines Corn
Peaches Kiwis
Pears Mangos
Potatoes Onions
Red Raspberries Papaya
Spinach Pineapples
Strawberries Peas

The pesticide contamination tests were performed on washed produce. If eating any foods from the 12 most-contaminated list, always peel them; washing is not sufficient to remove the residue.Wash all inorganic produce with soap.

We cannot rely on authorities or the U.S.government for protection. The EPA is mired in complex legal issues (delaying tactics) with chemical companies and is not an effective watchdog for our safety. Rather than preventing exposures and putting the burden of proving safety where it belongs (on pesticide and toxic chemical producers), most dangerous pesticides remain on the market with no threat of regulatory action. People are exposed to hundreds of chemical compounds in their diet every day.We will never have 100 percent accurate data on the potential risks from such consumption, so the consumer is wise to minimize exposure to pesticides whenever possible.