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\"\"(Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, April 26, 2018)\u00a0Each year, the Environmental Working Group<\/a> (EWG) publishes its Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™.<\/a> The guide includes the \u201cDirty Dozen\u201d and \u201cClean 15\u201d lists of conventionally grown produce items that, respectively, are the most heavily tainted by toxic pesticide residue, and by contrast, have little if any residue. EWG analyzes testing conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s (USDA\u2019s) Pesticide Data Program to arrive at its annual assessment. Its report for 2018 found that nearly 70% of conventional produce is contaminated with residue and\/or breakdown byproducts of one or more of the 230 pesticides that USDA evaluated.<\/p>\n

The top items on the 2018 Dirty Dozen list<\/a> include strawberries, spinach, nectarines, apples, and grapes. One-third of all the strawberry samples harbored 10 or more pesticides, and one sample showed residue of 22 different compounds. Pesticide contamination was found in 97% of spinach samples, 94% of nectarines, 90% of apples, 96% of grapes, and 99% of peaches. Topping the 2018 Clean 15<\/a> list of the least-toxic conventionally grown produce items are avocados (99+% of samples tested negative for pesticides), sweet corn (98+%), pineapples (90%), onions (90+%), and cabbage (86%). EWG again this year added hot peppers as the 13th<\/sup> item on its Dirty \u201cDozen\u201d list. Although they do not meet EWG\u2019s standard ranking criteria, nearly 75% were contaminated, and often, with residues of neurotoxic insecticides.<\/p>\n

Conventionally grown crops are subject to chemically intensive practices, including the use of pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, and various petrochemical inputs, such as synthetic \u201cfertilizers.\u201d These stand in contrast to organic practices,<\/a> which Beyond Pesticides endorses<\/a> as the only safe and sustainable approach to agriculture. The risks of pesticide residues to human health are not the only reasons to go organic; these compounds also represent threats to farmers and farmworkers, and to our soil, water, air, biodiversity, pollinators, and rural communities.<\/a> Beyond Pesticides\u2019 database, Eating with a Conscience<\/a>, evaluates impacts \u2014 on the environment and on farmworkers \u2014 of the chemicals used, domestically and internationally<\/a>, on major food crops.<\/p>\n

The top-level takeaway from the EWG report<\/a> is that a huge portion of the U.S.population is necessarily consuming a virtual smorgasbord of pesticides every day, and \u2014 as Beyond Pesticides recommends \u2014 would do well to shift its consumption habits to organic<\/a>. An apparent irony is that a healthful diet includes plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, yet much of the produce people consume likely comes laced with hazards associated with those pesticides<\/a>. Those health risks include asthma<\/a>,\u00a0autism and learning disabilities<\/a>,\u00a0birth defects<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0reproductive dysfunction<\/a>,\u00a0diabetes<\/a>,\u00a0Parkinson\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Alzheimer\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0diseases, and several types of\u00a0cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The EWG 2018 report references a recent study<\/a> that found lower fertility rates associated with women\u2019s consumption of high-pesticide produce. (Study subjects were women undergoing infertility treatment with assisted reproductive technology.) Other emerging evidence points to reduced semen quality<\/a> associated with dietary exposures through consumption of food with residues. In 2012, The American Academy of Pediatrics issued a report that said that<\/a> \u201cchildren have \u2018unique susceptibilities to [pesticide residues’] potential toxicity.\u2019 The organization cited research that linked pesticide exposures in early life to pediatric cancers, decreased cognitive function and behavioral problems.\u201d Sonya Lunder, a senior analyst with EWG, notes<\/a> that \u201cavoiding pesticides is especially important when women are pregnant [or] planning to get pregnant, or parents are feeding kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

It should be noted that there is no surefire way to wash pesticide residue from produce. Not only does produce have pores through which pesticides can be ingested into the body of the vegetable or fruit, but also, some pesticides are designed to penetrate into the interior tissues, making washing irrelevant.<\/p>\n

For consumers, buying and eating organic<\/a> is the obvious way to avoid the risks associated with consumption of chemical residues on and in food. Indeed, a 2015 study out of the University of Washington<\/a> found that \u201cpeople who report they often or always buy organic produce had significantly lower quantities of organophosphate insecticides in their urine samples. This was true even though they reported eating 70 percent more servings of fruits and vegetables per day than adults who reported they rarely or never purchase organic produce.\u201d<\/p>\n

The refrain that organic food is expensive belies the complexity and relative inscrutability of the dominant food system. Beyond Pesticides\u2019 article, \u201cThe Real Story on the Affordability of Organic Food,\u201d<\/a> lays out the hidden costs and risks of conventional, chemical-intensive agriculture, and offers helpful ideas on eating organic on a budget. The Clean 15 can be a help in this regard, but the list doesn\u2019t tell the whole story. Items on it exhibit minimal residues, but those \u201ccleaner\u201d food commodities may be grown with pesticides that can contaminate aquifers and waterways, persist in soil, compromise the health of farmworkers and local communities, and kill wildlife \u2014 all while not showing up at detectable levels on our food. Check out the Eating with a Conscience database<\/a> to see, for example, what chemicals are used on avocados,<\/a> sweet corn,<\/a> and onions.<\/a><\/p>\n

Beyond Pesticides advocates strongly for organics. USDA\u2019s organic certification<\/a> is the only system of food labeling that is subject to independent public review and oversight. Organic certification ensures that food is produced using practices rooted in soil biology, biodiversity, and plant health \u2014 eliminating toxic chemicals, commonly used in the production and processing of food, that harm everything but the manufacturers\u2019 bottom lines. Shifting to organics has benefits far beyond human health: the choices people make about what they buy and consume have direct impacts on the health of those who grow and harvest food, and on the health of the environment.<\/p>\n

All unattributed positions and opinions in this piece are those of Beyond Pesticides.<\/em><\/p>\n

Sources: https:\/\/www.ewg.org\/foodnews<\/a> and http:\/\/www.ehn.org\/worst-foods-for-pesticides-2558353116.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Pesticide contamination was found in 97% of spinach samples, 94% of nectarines, 90% of apples, 96% of grapes, and 99% of peaches. Topping the 2018 Clean 15 list of the least-toxic conventionally grown produce items are avocados (99+% of samples tested negative for pesticides), sweet corn (98+%), pineapples (90%), onions (90+%), and cabbage (86%). 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