Finding Peaches in Eastern WA-

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Very good question. I think we'd have to ask the people who create these

lists. None of the sites which promote this information give an explanation

of the criteria that is used. It's not even provided anywhere on the

website of the organization that lays claim to the original list,

Environmental Working Group. I don't know if they're deliberately avoiding

the subject of how they arrived at their conclusions, but it shouldn't be so

hard for people to find out.

 

Looking over the list, I note many are soft-fleshed sweet fruits with thin,

edible skins. Just speculating, maybe their presence on the list has

nothing to do with whether the fruit actually tests high for pesticide

residues, but because the skins are usually eaten.

 

I totally respect the decisions of others to eat only organic produce and I

never buy conventionally grown produce for re-sale. But when I'm buying

food for myself, I look for quality and ripeness first, and often that means

buying conventionally. I think the dirty dozen and clean fifteen lists are

more about morality than health. Imo, anybody putting their health first

needs to be more concerned with the question of biological appropriateness,

a topic which the list makers apparently don't know much about (considering

that foods like onions, which are full of naturally-occurring toxins, are on

their 'approved' list).

 

Best wishes,

Nora

 

 

 

 

>I am wondering if Peaches aren't sprayed once the fruit comes on the trees

> why are they so high on the list of the " Dirty Dozen? " (List is produce

> that

> contains the most pesticides)