It’s that time of year again, when the nonprofit advocacy organization Environmental Working Group publishes its annual list of the 12 fruits and vegetables most contaminated by pesticide residue.
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[According to plant pathologist Steve Savage,] “99.85 percent of the residues that are detected are below the already conservative ‘tolerances’ that are set by the EPA.” In fact, a 2011 study in The Journal of Toxicology found that levels of pesticides in the Dirty Dozen all fell below the EPA limit ― sometimes 1,000 ― or even an astounding 30,000-fold under the limit.Read full, original article: Is The ‘Dirty Dozen’ Food List Really So Dirty After All?