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Worst of the Dirty Dozen
Apple

#1 Apples

Eaten daily by many children, 98 percent of conventional apples had pesticides.
Celery

#2 Celery

Highly contaminated, celery tested positive for 57 different pesticides.
Bell Peppers

#3 Bell Peppers

Bell peppers tested positive for up to 15 pesticides on a single sample.
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Best of the Clean 15
Onions

#1 Onions

Conventional onions are a clean crop. Less than 1 percent of samples had any pesticides.
Sweet Corn

#2 Sweet Corn

98 percent of all frozen and sweet corn samples had no detectable pesticide residues.
Pineapple

#3 Pineapples

Only 6 different pesticides were found on pineapples.
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Feature Content and Videos
Videos and content on pesticides and produce in America.
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EWG's Sonya Lunder

EWG's Sonya Lunder Discusses the 2012 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce.

Dr. Weil

Dr. Andrew Weil, renowned medical expert on natural health and wellness, tells why and how he uses the Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 lists from EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Dr. Sanjay Gupta tours a grocery store to show us which foods have the highest levels of pesticide residue.