It is costly to buy organic fruits and vegetables. So instead, buy organic for those fruits and vegetables that use more pesticides and normal for those that do not use that much. According to whfoods.org the dirty dozen is the list with heavy pesticide use and clean fifteen is the one with less.
Dirty Dozen:
1. Celery
2. Peaches
3. Strawberries
4. Apples
5. Blueberries
6. Nectarines
7. Bell Peppers or Capsicum
8. Spinach
9. Cherries
10. Potatoes
11. Grapes
Clean Fifteen:
1. Onion
2. Avacado
3. Sweet Corn
4. Pineapple
5. Mango
6. Sweet Peas
7. Asparagus
8. Kiwifruit
9. Cabbage
10. Eggplant
11. Cantalope
12. Watermelon
13. Grapefruit
14. Sweet Potato
15. Honeydew Melon
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Hey! This is awesome information! It's so hard to eat healthy these days, what with everything that's being done to our food. Your lists will really come in handy. Thanks!
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