Don’t let the fear of pesticides reduce your consumption of fruits and vegetables. You can minimize your family’s exposure by referring to a handy Organic Essential guide by Organic-Center.org. This comprehensive pocket guide, built on a complex assessment of pesticide risks for identifying safe and nutritious foods, helps you determine the most important fruits and vegetables to choose as organic.
The Organic Center’s “Dietary Risk Index” (DRI) quantifies relative pesticide dietary risks for specific foods by analyzing U.S. Department of Agriculture pesticide residue data and Environmental Protection Agency toxicity assessment.
Below is the full list of high risk foods that ran through the testing process. The higher the number, the higher the risk.
Note that imported foods (left) have higher pesticide residues and risk than domestically (U.S.) grown foods. Buy organic and local in order to reduce your exposure to toxic synthetic pesticides!
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