Earlier this week we released EWG's 2016 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce™. 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:

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).

We know that you can’t always find or afford organic produce. That’s why we've created EWG’s Clean Fifteen™ list - highlighting the conventional fruits and vegetables that are least likely to have pesticide residues.

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 with a donation of $15 or more.
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