Top 12 Toxic Fruits and Veggies

[charrington]

Step away from that spinach. Put down the peach.

Don’t you know that stuff can kill you?!

But wait…fruits and vegetables are good for us. Right?

They should be. But if you’re eating non-organic produce you may be unknowingly consuming 67 different pesticides right along with it. This according to the most recent report from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Pesticide Data Program.

Fruits and vegetables with soft skins are the most susceptible to absorbing pesticides. And of course these are the ones we usually consume whole…skin on…upping our exposure to the toxic chemicals that have been tied to skin and lung irritation, hormone imbalances, nervous system toxicity, and cancer.

All 202 pages of the USDA’s report can be found here, but luckily the non-profit Environmental Working Group (EWG) has scoured all the data for us to provide us with the “Dirty Dozen.”

The “Dirty Dozen,” according to EWG, are:

    * Celery
    * Peaches
    * Strawberries
    * Apples
    * Domestic blueberries
    * Nectarines
    * Sweet bell peppers
    * Spinach, kale, and collard greens
    * Cherries
    * Potatoes
    * Imported grapes
    * Lettuce

EWG provides a handy free wallet shopping-guide with their “Dirty Dozen” as well as their “Clean 15” here.
So some of your favorites are on this list right? Mine too. The good news as that you can reduce your exposure to pesticides by up to 80% just by making the switch to organic. Most grocery stores now stock organic choices and you can always check out your local Farmers’ Market. And if you need to save cash choose organic soft skin produce but switch to regular for fruit that you peel like bananas and oranges.

I’ll be doing my best to go organic…and pesticide…free.
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[phasma]

I can`t decide whether it is worth buying organic stuff seeing as you know, they spray chemtrail crap all over everything!

Also with GMO things - no stopping those Bee`s !

[GH0STMASTER]

I can`t decide whether it is worth buying organic stuff seeing as you know, they spray chemtrail crap all over everything!

Also with GMO things - no stopping those Bee`s !

As long as that PDF is I could not find the clean 15.   They probably are not as clean as you might think considering that paper was put out in 2008.  The really only way to know you food is safe is to buy non hybrid seeds and grow your own garden. 

[ryanwv]

I grew up around small family farmers and that extra food really did make a difference. Most folks in my village had a little farm just big enough to provide for a small family. It is not that hard to get started and takes up only a fraction of what a commercial farm requires. The food will be better and save a family a lot of money.

[agentbluescreen]

I can`t decide whether it is worth buying organic stuff seeing as you know, they spray chemtrail crap all over everything!

Also with GMO things - no stopping those Bee`s !

Indeed considering the fact that the herbicides and pesticides are absorbed in soil dust and that blows everywhere and dissolve into groundwater that also percolates everywhere it's likely you are getting pesticides in everything, more or less. A lot of places have now banned them, period, so these sorts of things are just generalities

[phasma]

I think so. It might be worth buying organic meat or milk etc but veg? idk . .

[HealthWyze]

I think so. It might be worth buying organic meat or milk etc but veg? idk . .

I think it's worthwhile for a couple of reasons. Firstly, while no fruit or vegetable may be completely clean in this chemical era, I think it's important to reduce exposure as much as absolutely possible (at least for the sake of our grandchildren).  In addition to that, buying organic means funding companies who are actually trying to do the right thing, in some cases small companies.

[tritonman]

Growing your own is much more healthy for you indeed.  While all soil could possibly contain traces from wind, water runoff ect.,  Commercial foods get it dumped directly on them.   This is not rocket science folks it is farming.   Not to mention how much more fresh it taste right from your own garden.  Hell, you can grow stuff right inside your house for that matter by setting up some window box gardens.  We have even grown tomatoes in this way.  I had several 5 footers last year with lots of fruit.

[charrington]

Growing your own is much more healthy for you indeed.  While all soil could possibly contain traces from wind, water runoff ect.,  Commercial foods get it dumped directly on them.   This is not rocket science folks it is farming.   Not to mention how much more fresh it taste right from your own garden.  Hell, you can grow stuff right inside your house for that matter by setting up some window box gardens.  We have even grown tomatoes in this way.  I had several 5 footers last year with lots of fruit.

There's an article (I'll try and find) that I read a couple of years back. Pointed at soil research done in the UK and states. It stated that the soil mineral deprecation is so bad you have to basically eat 10 times as much to get the same food values as you did a mere 10 years ago.

They tested a solution - dealing with grinding up stone (I don't recall what type of stone at the moment) but it was plentiful and it completely solved the issue - in fact it completely reversed it.

Does anyone else remember this report?