Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

EWG’s shopper’s guide

The Clean Fifteen™

The Clean Fifteen™


These 15 items had the lowest amounts of pesticide residues, according to EWG’s analysis of the most recent USDA data.

01

Pineapples

02

Sweet Corn, Fresh and Frozen

03

Avocados

04

Papaya

05

Onion

06

Sweet Peas (frozen)

07

Asparagus

08

Cabbage

09

Watermelon

10

Cauliflower

11

Bananas

12

Mangoes

13

Carrots

14

Mushrooms

15

Kiwi

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NOTE: A small amount of sweet corn, papaya and summer squash sold in the United States is produced from GMO seedstock. Buy organic varieties of these crops if you want to avoid GMO produce.







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