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EWG’s 2025 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™

Over 75 percent of non-organic fresh produce sold in the U.S. contains residues of potentially harmful pesticides, EWG’s 2025 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce finds. In this year's guide, blackberries and potatoes join our Dirty Dozen list of the 12 fruits and vegetables sampled that have the highest traces of pesticides.

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items to avoid


STRAWBERRIES

Pesticides + poison gases = cheap, year-round strawberries


APPLES

Apples doused with chemical after harvest


POTATOES

Nearly all potato samples contain pesticide not approved for use in the EU


BLACKBERRIES

Blackberries: Dirty Dozen™ newcomer










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