Helping Consumers Minimize Pesticide Exposures in DOMESTIC Foods

Helping Consumers Minimize Pesticide Exposures

The Organic Center's report also presents lists of fresh fruits and vegetables that score the highest using the DRI. Two lists cover domestically grown fruits and vegetables, while two others apply to imported produce that typically enters the U.S. market in the wintertime.

The organization hopes consumers will follow these lists in determining which organic fruits and vegetables will most significantly improve their personal pesticide dietary risk equation.

Conventional Fruits and Vegetables with the Highest Pesticide Dietary Risk Index Scores:

Domestic

Fruits
Cranberries: 178
Nectarines: 97
Strawberries: 56
Peaches: 54
Pears: 48

Vegetables
Green beans: 330
Sweet bell peppers: 132
Celery: 104
Cucumbers: 93
Potatoes: 74

SOURCE: The Organic Center