Community | June 13, 2011 | 12 comments

It's here! EWG's 2012 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce

source: http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/

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EWG’s 2011 Shoppers Guide helps you make informed choices about pesticides in your produce. Check our “Dirty Dozen” and the “Clean 15” to shop smarter.
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12 comments // It's here! EWG's 2012 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce

  • love_is_my_religion
  • queenofit
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      queenofit  

    • This is a good tool. Even though the idea of growing your own pesticide free gardens is a great one, it isn't possible for many of us.

      Even though my sisters yard here in Arkansas has several varieties of fruit trees, the pears are rotting before they hit the ground, no plums this year and no apples? My friend has a berry farm nearby, his fruit is growing weird too. I think this horrible heatwave has damaged the crops. My sister says she has never seen her roses turn black like this before. I am very concerned, it is horribly hot here this summer and it is just june? Soon we won't have to worry about pesticides, the heat will damage our crops and no bug spray can help that? God help us all......

    • 11 months ago
  • 14_Crusaders
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      14_Crusaders  
    • queenofit:

      California is getting cooler..Around this time of the month...the evening are still in the 90's that's around 11pm at night....it's to where we need a wind breaker or a pull over...to stay warm.....The midwest is 50/50 and the east coast is getting hotter......I'd say by 2025 the East coast will be the hot spot as to hot weather..and West coast will the like the east coast was...cooler....your right on the fruit...

    • 11 months ago
  • 14_Crusaders
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      14_Crusaders  

    • Whatever...I don't care if there is a guide...there's noway to get any kind of produce or fruit with out some kind of pesticide on them unless you grow it yourself..Organic veggies & fruits have pesticides that you've never heard of...and will never hear of...like ( Black Leaf ). Black leaf is a pesticide that is only sprayed on veggies and sprayed only at night. 2 reasons for this..1st. Black leaf dry's with in 10 minutes so it's cooler at night. 2nd, This is a chemical that the government doesn't want you to know about..A cancer rid chemical..kills insects on contact...Second hand smoke doesn't kill..Black Leaf does... Grow your own..or start a community garden....it's the only way....My dad planted an Avocado tree 4 years ago in the back yard..he has never treated it with any type of pesticides...we'll have avocado's next year...we have 4 orange trees that produce the best tasting fruit that I've ever had....we have a single grape vine....It's just my dad and I..but we tend to them everyday....I think this would be the best way...try it..and when you get the fruit or veggie that you grew..compare it with a store bought product...and you'll see..and taste the difference...

    • 12 months ago
  • treewolf39
  • treewolf39
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      treewolf39  
    • 14_Crusaders:

      http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/insect-mite/mevinphos-propargite/nicotine/i...

      CHEMICAL NAME: 3-(1-Methyl-2-pyrrolidyl)pyridine (56)

      DEC INGRED. CODE:

      TRADE NAME(S): Black Leaf 40 (56)

      FORMULATION(S): Nicotine alkaloid, 95%; nicotine sulfate, 40% (56)

      TYPE: Alkaloid insecticide

      BASIC PRODUCERS: Chemical Formulators, Inc.
      2045 Peachtree Rd., NE, Suite 200
      Atlanta, GA 30309

      STATUS: General use

      PRINCIPAL USES: Sucking insects on plants but now largely replaced
      by organophosphate insecticides. Formerly used in greenhouses as a
      fumigant and as a paint roost for chicken lice and mites (1).
      Little or no nicotine is now produced in the U.S. Limited
      supplies are imported from India. Two basic types of nicotine products
      have been marketed: the alkaloid and the sulfate. Nicotine alkaloid
      is relatively volatile and acts both by contact and by fumigant action.
      The sulfate is usually marketed as an aqueous solution containing 40%
      nicotine equivalent. When added to alkaline water or to soap solution
      the alkaloid is liberated, being then more active than the sulfate alone
      (56).

    • 11 months ago
  • 14_Crusaders
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      14_Crusaders  
    • treewolf39:

      I have search this out...and didn't come up with anything...thankyou ....Nicotine...It's not what you breath in basically , it's what your eating just as bad....We are not born with cancer....it's been on our food for ever...and the public never knew...Most think it's Round up..Herbaside......since it's the number one chemical to use on veggie crops.....If you find a veggie farm..stop and ask the farmer..most will tell you whats up..alot wont about Black leaf...Even tho some say it's not that strong...it is.....

    • 11 months ago
  • treewolf39
  • 14_Crusaders
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      14_Crusaders  
    • treewolf39:

      Thankyou so much...I needed this.. I have been posting signs here in the central valley about Black leaf, this chemical is spayed only at night from helicopters because to spay it jurying the day will bring up question to the public..on what is that being strayed...At night you can't see whats going on our veggies....So think about this..when you open a can of organic peas ..think first about cooking it..hmmm I read about this....haha yes..I have been pushing this subject since I was 12...And of course nobody wants to hear it from a kid....I post signs at night so i don't get busted lol at the farms that i know of that are spraying this chemical. I have the signs printed in English & Mexican....The mexican farm workers that pick these veggies don't know about these chemicals on their hands..thats wrong in it's self as well...As long as I get it out their..it only takes one to get the wheel rolling..I know that hundreds of people have seen my signs..All it takes is some of those people to drive by one night that the spraying is going on..and see for them selfs..then it'll go from their and word of mouth is still the best way to get something this important out to the public..thankyou again.........14

    • 11 months ago
  • treewolf39
  • 14_Crusaders
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      14_Crusaders  
    • treewolf39:

      Thankies!! i never will.......I think now..people are paying attention alittle more to us....It's our future and our future kids problem...I got my info from a pilot..crop duster / My dad is a trucker that hauls these veggies to cold storage..and when the pilot found out that he was exposed 10x more then you or I..He quit spraying..Now he takes pictures of farm land for sale...They know it's a chemical...but unless you do your home work..you'll never find out till it's to late..I should take my own advice..I hate home work...but it was to late for him....not knowing....greater the chances of getting sick.........14

    • 11 months ago
  • treewolf39
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      treewolf39  

    • http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/summary/

      Eat your fruits and vegetables! The health benefits of a diet rich in fruits and vegetables outweigh the risks of pesticide exposure. Use EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides to reduce your exposures as much as possible, but eating conventionally-grown produce is far better than not eating fruits and vegetables at all. The Shopper's Guide to Pesticide in Produce will help you determine which fruits and vegetables have the most pesticide residues and are the most important to buy organic. You can lower your pesticide intake substantially by avoiding the 12 most contaminated fruits and vegetables and eating the least contaminated produce.

      EWG's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce

      Dirty DozenBuy these organic
      1Apples
      2Celery
      3Strawberries
      4Peaches
      5Spinach
      6Nectarines
      – imported
      7Grapes – imported
      8Sweet bell peppers
      9Potatoes
      10Blueberries
      – domestic
      11Lettuce
      12Kale/collard greens

      Clean 15Lowest in Pesticide
      1Onions
      2Sweet Corn
      3Pineapples
      4Avocado
      5Asparagus
      6Sweet peas
      7Mangoes
      8Eggplant
      9Cantaloupe
      - domestic
      10Kiwi
      11Cabbage
      12Watermelon
      13Sweet potatoes
      14Grapefruit
      15Mushrooms

    • 12 months ago
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