Priorities re organic fruit and veg buying to avoid pesticide use

Via a 'What Doctors Don't Know' magazine online article, 'The truth about pesticides' with keywords or 'labels'

• Blood
• Fertility
• Infertility

I've just been introduced to an 'Environmental Working Group' (USA) online video,  that I commend my readers who are interested/concerned about such matters check out. It's called 'EWG and Pesticides: The Dirty Dozen'. In view of concerns about 'food miles', however,

I would also advise my readers to consider the prospective impact of buying organic fruit and vegetables.

I publish this precis with the caveat that the 47 types of fruit and vegetables tested for pesticide scores were from the  American field rather than those produced in the European Union that has different standards.

Further to this, 'EWG and Pesticides: The Dirty Dozen' recommends that if you can't afford to buy organic, you attempt to wash off pesticide residues from

1. Peach
2. Apple
3. Bell Pepper
4. Celery
5. Nectarine
6. Strawberries
7. Cherries
8. Kale
9. Lettuce
10. Grapes (imported)
11. Carrot
12. Pear

preferably with the aid of bicarbonate of soda.

"On the flip side," the online video advises that Onions, Avocados and Broccoli are three vegetables with the least amount of pesticide residue in this American-based sampling.


Alan Wheatley