So I was perusing their blog, and saw something about artichokes, which got me even more excited!
I have been making more of an effort to buy organic since I found out about my pregnancy, but it's just so expensive! So I came across some info that helped me out with this dilemma, and I thought I would share. This study comes from the Environmental Working Group, but I found it in "The ECOnomical baby guide".
We all know that different foods have more or less pesticides, but I never knew exactly which ones were the worst, well except grapes for some reason. According to the EWG, people can cut their pesticide exposure by 90% just by going organic on these worst offenders:
Highest Pesticide Residue:
peaches
apples
bell peppers
celery
cherries
lettuce
grapes (from Chile)
pears
spinach
potatoes
nectarines
strawberries
And these are the lowest:
onions
avocados
sweet corn (frozen)
pineapples
mangoes
sweet peas (frozen)
asparagus
kiwis
bananas
cabbage
broccoli
eggplant
They say foods farther up the food chain can potentially be much worse, so meat, eggs, and dairy are especially important to go organic with.
Apparently they only studied "conventional" foods, (what does that even mean?) so I'm not sure what that means for other greens like, say, kale and collards... I wonder if they would be most like spinach in worst category, or possibly with the cabbage in the no problem section?
...food for thought!
