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# 2006 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/shopper_s_guide_to_pesticides_in_produce_0415160930/
- Published: 2016-04-15T10:25:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T16:28:02.000Z
- Description: EWG's 2016 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce puts strawberries atop its Dirty Dozen list for the first time, displacing apples after five years. The group advises buying organic for listed items and offers a Clean Fifteen list of conventional produce least likely to carry residues.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Chemical, Food Safety, #vivvo-import

Earlier this week we released [**EWG's 2016 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce™.**](http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=iJ4beH5IUjswaNSMYWshnFa8N5Dakiqn&ref=foodconsumer.org) This year’s response is staggering. Hundreds of thousands of consumers like you are turning to this important resource to shop smarter and cleaner by avoiding fruits and veggies most likely to be laden in pesticide residues.

For the first time ever, strawberries lead EWG’s Dirty Dozen™ list for the product with the highest number of pesticide residues, displacing apples, which headed the list for the last five years running.

Check out these surprising facts to learn more about conventional strawberry production in the United States:

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| What can you do to minimize your exposure to potentially harmful pesticide residues? The answer is simple: Shop organic (especially when the fruits and veggies you want fall on **[EWG’s Dirty Dozen™ list](http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=8wFu%2BAeZUB2IOLNrVVNGU8KyLe0OtgRu&ref=foodconsumer.org)**). We know that you can’t always find or afford organic produce. That’s why we've created **[EWG’s Clean Fifteen™ list](http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=vICfbzXPfHOn%2BV83KJA6wFa8N5Dakiqn&ref=foodconsumer.org)** \- highlighting the conventional fruits and vegetables that are least likely to have pesticide residues. |
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| Want to take the Dirty Dozen™ and Clean Fifteen™ lists with you to the grocery store? For a limited time, you can get **[EWG’s exclusive Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™ bag tag](http://action.ewg.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=xeFUhenSxOoPaqd4X5YyVVa8N5Dakiqn&ref=foodconsumer.org)** with a donation of $15 or more. |
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