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Environmental Working Groups names its top and bottom picks for fresh produce

By Coral Beach on April 8, 2022

The Environmental Working Group has released its annual best and worst lists of fresh produce based on pesticide residues.

The lists — released under the trademarked Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen — are based on…
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Some leafy greens added to Dirty Dozen, strawberries still at top of the EWG’s list

By Coral Beach on March 18, 2021

This year’s Dirty Dozen list from the Environmental Working Group opens with a statement about COVID-19 and food safety, encouraging consumers to continue to eat fresh fruits and vegetables during the pandemic.

Officials with the…
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Raisins invade list as environmental group names ‘dirty’ fresh produce

By Coral Beach on March 26, 2020

The Environmental Working Group has finished crunching numbers from a government report and again says strawberries are at the top of the group’s Dirty Dozen list of fresh produce.

Every year the non-profit group takes…
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USDA’s claims food in U.S. ‘among safest in world’ based on latest pesticide tests

By News Desk on December 21, 2018

The U.S. Department of Agriculture choose this week before Christmas to release pesticide data for 2017 upon which it declared the U.S. food supply is “among the safest in the world.”

USDA’s Pesticide Data Program…
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Triple play: EWG posts ‘Dirty Dozen’ list of fresh produce items

By Environmental Working Group on April 10, 2018

Editor’s note: This opinion piece by Sonya Lunder, senior analyst for the Environmental Working Group, is part of a three-piece presentation today by Food Safety News. To read views on the same topic from …
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Triple play: AFF says rest easy, eat your fruits and vegetables

By Alliance for Food and Farming on April 10, 2018

Editor’s note: This opinion contribution by the Alliance for Food and Farming is part of a three-piece presentation today by Food Safety News. To read views on the same topic from the Environmental Working …
Continue Reading Triple play: AFF says rest easy, eat your fruits and vegetables

Triple play: ‘Pro-choice nutritionist’ calls out produce guides

By Toby Amidor on April 10, 2018

Editor’s note: This opinion contribution by Toby Amidor is part of a three-piece presentation today by Food Safety News. To read views on the same topic from the Environmental Working Group and the Alliance …
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Beach Beat: The main event EWG vs. AFF — no holds barred

By Coral Beach on March 12, 2017

The “Dirty Dozen” is in the news again and as usual I’m imaging a remake of the 1967 motion picture with a cauliflower playing Ernest Borgnine’s character, a cucumber in place of Donald Sutherland and…
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Pesticide data report starts new debate cycle on fresh produce

By News Desk on December 9, 2016

It’s the silver anniversary for the USDA’s Pesticide Data Program, which marks 25 years with results from samples collected in 2015. It’s a comforting report because it shows American-grown fruits and vegetables are safe…
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Fear-based safety messages may be hurting poorest consumers

By Alliance for Food and Farming on October 1, 2016

New peer reviewed research published in Nutrition Today shows fear-based messaging tactics used by activist groups and some organic marketers that invoke safety concerns about non-organic produce may be having a negative impact on consumption…
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