Fruits and vegetables. Crunchy folks, brace yourselves. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) released its 2024 "Dirty Dozen" list, revealing the 12 produce items (out of 46 tested) that are the ...

These are the fruits and vegetables on the 2018 "Dirty Dozen" list 01:22. For the third year in a row, strawberries top the "Dirty Dozen" list put out by the Environmental Working Group (EWG).

The group also puts together an annual Clean Fifteen, a list of fruits and vegetables with "very low or no traces of pesticides." Avocados came in at No. 1 there, followed by sweet corn and pineapple.

Every year the Environmental Working Group re-releases an updated Dirty Dozen list, which ranks the 12 fruits and vegetables that contribute most to the levels of pesticides in your body.

EWG also released a list of vegetables and fruits with the least amount of pesticides. The "Clean Fifteen" included avocados, sweet corn, papaya, onions, kiwi, cabbage, mushrooms, mangoes and more.

Before you buy fruits and vegetables, consider which ones might contain pesticides that could impact your health. Here is the 2023 Dirty Dozen list of the most contaminated produce tested by the ...