Strawberries, Spinach Top List Of Produce With Most Pesticides.

reports that for the third consecutive year, “strawberries top the Environmental Working Group’s Dirty Dozen list of fruits and vegetables with the most pesticide residues.” About a third of all strawberry samples had at least ten pesticides, the article says, adding that the strawberries were followed by spinach, nectarines, apples, and grapes on the Dirty Dozen list. USA Today says the report is based on “nearly 39,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture tests of 47 fruits and vegetables,” but the Alliance for Food and Farming said the Dirty Dozen list is “unsupportable,” pointing to USDA and US Food and Drug Administration data which show 99 percent of residues are “well below safety levels” set by the Environmental Protection Agency. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/04/10/dirty-dozen-list-fruits-vegetables-most-pesticides/502096002/