The 2025 ‘Dirty Dozen’ List was just announced by nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG). The list—a summary of produce items with the most pesticide residues per weight—could cast ...

In addition to the Dirty Dozen, the EWG releases a list of low-residue produce called the Clean Fifteen. Both lists are compiled using data collected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The “dirty dozen” list spotlights foods with detectable pesticide levels, but those aren’t necessarily dangerous levels, he points out. Keri Gans, R.D.N, dietitian and host of The Keri ...

Two Dirty Dozen Newcomers Two items — blackberries and potatoes — join this year’s Dirty Dozen for the first time, but it’s not necessarily due to a sudden uptick in pesticide use. The ...

Spinach takes top dishonors in the 2025 “Dirty Dozen” list of nonorganic fruits and vegetables with the most pesticide contamination. The "2025 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce" is ...

More than 50 different pesticides, some of which are linked to serious health hazards, were detected on nonorganic produce in this year’s “Dirty Dozen” list.

The group’s Dirty Dozen has two new additions — blackberries and potatoes.Nonorganic or conventional blackberries and potatoes came in at No. 10 and No. 12, respectively, on the 2025 list.

New to the list this year are blackberries, at No. 10, which were first tested for pesticides in 2023 by the Agriculture. Production of blackberries in Georgia has boomed over the past few years ...

More than 90% of samples of a dozen fruits and vegetables tested positive for potentially harmful pesticide residues, according to the 2025 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce.

In addition to the Dirty Dozen, the EWG releases a list of low-residue produce called the Clean Fifteen. Both lists are compiled using data collected by the United States Department of Agriculture ...

In addition to the Dirty Dozen, the EWG releases a list of low-residue produce called the Clean Fifteen. Both lists are compiled using data collected by the United States Department of Agriculture.