In addition to removing leftover bits of soil and errant garden bugs from delicious summer fruits and vegetables, many of us ...

A healthy diet includes ample portions of fruits and vegetables, but not the unhealthy dose of pesticides found in about one in five of the produce examined by Consumer Reports. An examination of ...

Ensuring that fruits and vegetables are free from pesticide residues is crucial for maintaining a healthy diet. Pesticides, used in conventional agriculture to protect crops from pests and ...

Scientific studies link long-term exposure to pesticide residues in food with increased cancer risk, especially for ...

Tomatoes are a vegetable (though technically a fruit) that you don’t often see visible dirt on, like potatoes and other root ...

So, what exactly are the troublesome substances lurking on your vegetables and fruits? Experts explain. The pesticides on your fruits and vegetables There’s a wide range of pesticides that can ...

Using cold running water to wash fruit and vegetables may not be enough to remove pesticides, a new paper published in the American Chemical Society’s journal Nano Letters has found. The report ...

When kids eat conventionally grown fruits and vegetables, what level of pesticide residues are they taking in — and to what effect? The answers to those questions remain murky, because little ...