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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

Safeway announced in May 2008 that it will market through its Lucerne Foods division the O Organics and Eating Right brands across all retail channels and in food service and international markets.

O Organics, initially developed by Safeway, is one of the leading organic brands in the country.