On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:27:00 -0400, Goomba >
wrote:

>Ranée at Arabian Knits wrote:
>> In article >,
>> "Pico Rico" > wrote:
>
>>> what are "the dirty dozen and clean list"?
>>
>> There's a list put out each year, I can't remember by whom offhand,
>> of the produce with the most pesticide/herbicide residue found in it
>> after normal cleaning (wipe or wash in water, depending on what is
>> "normal" for that particular produce). The items on it jockey for
>> position a little, and recently they started putting out a clean list as
>> well, the best as well as the worst.
>>
>and the list is easily found via Google.

Also there is an iPhone app called Harvest that includes the pesticide
levels of fruits and vegetables.

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