THE LIST
The 2024 Dirty Dozen™
Of the 46 items included in our analysis, these 12 fruits and vegetables were most contaminated with pesticides:
Strawberries
The average American eats about eight pounds of fresh strawberries a year – and with them, dozens of pesticides, including chemicals that have been linked to cancer and reproductive damage, or that are banned in Europe.
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Grapes
05
Peaches
Peaches pack a punch when it comes to pesticide contamination
06
Pears
Pears among the most pesticide-contaminated fruit in EWG’s Dirty Dozen™
07
Nectarines
08
Apples
Apples doused with chemical after harvest
09
Bell and hot peppers
Avoiding
Pesticides
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What’s New in the
2024 Shopper’s Guide
Non-organic produce is loaded with fungicides that may harm human hormone systems – four of the five most frequently detected chemicals are fungicides fludioxonil, pyraclostrobin, boscalid and pyrimethanil.
