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Originally Posted by Lisanp@aol.com
The "Dirty Dozen" top 12 fruits and vegetables with the most pesticides:
Strawberries
Spinach
Kale, collard & mustard greens
Peaches
Pears
Nectarines
Apples
Grapes
Bell & hot peppers
Cherries
Blueberries
Green beans
More than 90 percent of samples of strawberries, apples, cherries, spinach, nectarines and grapes tested positive for residues of two or more pesticides...Eating without washing and he ingested?????
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Interesting to find blueberries on that list. They are perhaps the closest to wild of the fruits and vegetables we eat. They did far better up north. Here it is too hot and difficult to make and keep the soil acidic enough. Northern birds used to wait for the fruit to ripen here the birds eat them green.
Spray? I never needed to spray.
I do was all fruit. Including melons before cutting into them. Does it wash off all pesticides-probably not. People who pick the fruit. We do not want to know.