EWG’s 2024 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™ (original) (raw)
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The Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce™ represents EWG’s analysis of the latest fruit and vegetable testing data from the Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration. The 2024 guide includes data from 47,510 samples of 46 fruits and vegetables.
Dirty Dozen™
Of the 46 items included in our analysis, these 12 fruits and vegetables were most contaminated with pesticides.
1. Strawberries
2. Spinach
3. Kale, collard & mustard greens
4. Grapes
5. Peaches
6. Pears
7. Nectarines
8. Apples
9. Bell & hot Peppers
10. Cherries
11. Blueberries
12. Green Beans
Tested for, but not on either list
These 19 items were included in the fruit and vegetable testing data from the USDA and FDA but do not fall into either the Dirty Dozen or Clean Fifteen lists.
13. Tomatoes
14. Winter squash
15. Cherry Tomatoes
16. Celery
17. Lettuce
18. Tangerines
19. Cucumbers
20. Summer squash*
21. Broccoli
22. Potatoes
23. Plums
24. Eggplant
25. Raspberries
26. Grapefruit
27. Snap Peas
28. Oranges
29. Cantaloupe
30. Bananas
31. Cauliflower
Clean Fifteen™
These 15 items had the lowest amounts of pesticide residues, according to EWG’s analysis of the most recent USDA data.
32. Carrots
33. Sweet Potatoes
34. Mangoes
35. Mushrooms
36. Watermelon
37. Cabbage
38. Kiwi
39. Honeydew melon
40. Asparagus
41. Sweet peas (frozen)
42. Papaya*
43. Onions
44. Pineapple
45. Sweet corn*
46. Avocados
* A small amount of sweet corn, papaya and summer squash sold in the United States is produced from genetically modified seeds. Buy organic varieties of these crops if you want to avoid genetically modified produce.