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# Dirty Dozen:  Fruit/vegetables with highest amounts of pesticides
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/dirty_dozen_pesticides_0415160947/
- Published: 2016-04-15T10:40:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:28:03.000Z
- Description: The Environmental Working Group's updated 2016 shoppers' guide ranks strawberries, apples, nectarines, peaches and celery as carrying the highest pesticide levels, followed by grapes, cherries, spinach, tomatoes, sweet bell peppers, cherry tomatoes and cucumbers.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Chemical, Food Safety, #vivvo-import

The [Environmental Working Group](http://www.ewg.org/?ref=foodconsumer.org) updated its 2016 shoppers' guide and listed the following as the fruit/vegetables that contain highest levels of pesticides.

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![EWG's Dirty Dozen Plus and Clean Fifteen Lists](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f5/c2/f5c28c07-f2c7-440d-8161-125a09d9bc91/content/images/2026/08/bd3633e8e4455ee82e50a91cdf1076d263265a5a.jpg "EWG's Dirty Dozen Plus and Clean Fifteen Lists")

### Strawberries

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![EWG's Dirty Dozen Plus and Clean Fifteen Lists](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f5/c2/f5c28c07-f2c7-440d-8161-125a09d9bc91/content/images/2026/08/8ef8068bf675764894992547462e9dccc2a3f26f.jpg "EWG's Dirty Dozen Plus and Clean Fifteen Lists")

### Apples

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![EWG's Dirty Dozen Plus and Clean Fifteen Lists](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f5/c2/f5c28c07-f2c7-440d-8161-125a09d9bc91/content/images/2026/08/47303100fa2cee260fd95c6d0fd958e214e3604e.jpg "EWG's Dirty Dozen Plus and Clean Fifteen Lists")

### Nectarines

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![EWG's Dirty Dozen Plus and Clean Fifteen Lists](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f5/c2/f5c28c07-f2c7-440d-8161-125a09d9bc91/content/images/2026/08/1b63137011a7762fedb9b808cdcdf0fd038383ff.jpg "EWG's Dirty Dozen Plus and Clean Fifteen Lists")

### Peaches

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![EWG's Dirty Dozen Plus and Clean Fifteen Lists](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f5/c2/f5c28c07-f2c7-440d-8161-125a09d9bc91/content/images/2026/08/605a7833229e56213e3fdd7d6b505c0813ca6373.jpg "EWG's Dirty Dozen Plus and Clean Fifteen Lists")

### Celery

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![EWG's Dirty Dozen Plus and Clean Fifteen Lists](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f5/c2/f5c28c07-f2c7-440d-8161-125a09d9bc91/content/images/2026/08/c110e951a11e1666259d48e9f2dbb1e2810a0f0a.jpg "EWG's Dirty Dozen Plus and Clean Fifteen Lists")

### Grapes

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![EWG's Dirty Dozen Plus and Clean Fifteen Lists](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f5/c2/f5c28c07-f2c7-440d-8161-125a09d9bc91/content/images/2026/08/00962dc65bb90c9bd8359e6f585bd2e3eca4d077.jpg "EWG's Dirty Dozen Plus and Clean Fifteen Lists")

### Cherries

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![EWG's Dirty Dozen Plus and Clean Fifteen Lists](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f5/c2/f5c28c07-f2c7-440d-8161-125a09d9bc91/content/images/2026/08/1294acb6b03bc5343bea9b3f67cd83be5702e887.jpg "EWG's Dirty Dozen Plus and Clean Fifteen Lists")

### Spinach

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![EWG's Dirty Dozen Plus and Clean Fifteen Lists](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f5/c2/f5c28c07-f2c7-440d-8161-125a09d9bc91/content/images/2026/08/ba8fda4ce0307a784f16d91771238442cdb5adc9.jpg "EWG's Dirty Dozen Plus and Clean Fifteen Lists")

### Tomatoes

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![EWG's Dirty Dozen Plus and Clean Fifteen Lists](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f5/c2/f5c28c07-f2c7-440d-8161-125a09d9bc91/content/images/2026/08/698e00a8230df267c38b28b6926af9c8e744a97e.jpg "EWG's Dirty Dozen Plus and Clean Fifteen Lists")

### Sweet bell peppers

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![EWG's Dirty Dozen Plus and Clean Fifteen Lists](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f5/c2/f5c28c07-f2c7-440d-8161-125a09d9bc91/content/images/2026/08/b9d2f717e4d978fc5e8898187feb0a4f46eecbf8.jpg "EWG's Dirty Dozen Plus and Clean Fifteen Lists")

### Cherry tomatoes

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![EWG's Dirty Dozen Plus and Clean Fifteen Lists](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f5/c2/f5c28c07-f2c7-440d-8161-125a09d9bc91/content/images/2026/08/66d94a60708d43a46f7fd7417c360ffd0d0bfea6.jpg "EWG's Dirty Dozen Plus and Clean Fifteen Lists")

### Cucumbers

The full list of vegetables/fruits and their pesticide rankings can be viewed [here](https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/list.php?ref=foodconsumer.org).