Spring has sprung. And along with the change of season comes the annual release of Environmental Working Group’s “Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce.” The organization’s report comprises 12 fruits and vegetables found to be most contaminated with pesticides, reportedly based on USDA data. …
In response to the latest “Dirty Dozen” report, the Alliance for Food and Farming released a statement. Here is a portion:
The Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) “Dirty Dozen” report once again villainizes safe, healthy, and affordable fruits and vegetables by misrepresenting USDA pesticide data.
In its usual approach, EWG overstates the risk of consumer pesticide exposure by leaving out a key detail: more than 99% of the commodities sampled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in its annual Pesticide Data Program (PDP) report (the source material for the EWG report) have residues well below the stringent safety standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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The EWG openly states that one goal of its Dirty Dozen report is to drive consumers toward organic produce, which costs significantly more than conventionally grown produce, and offers equal health benefits.
