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Blackberries and Potatoes Added to ‘Dirty Dozen’ Pesticide-Residue List

Blackberries and Potatoes Added to ‘Dirty Dozen’ Pesticide-Residue List

Pesticide residue can be found on a wide variety of conventionally grown produce, including nearly all nonorganic strawberries; spinach and other leafy greens such as kale; grapes; and peaches, according to a new report.

These fruits and vegetables all made the annual “Dirty Dozen” list from the Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) 2025 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce.

EWG, a health advocacy organization, has produced this report for more than two decades by analyzing government food safety data.

Overall, 96 percent of the samples of these 12 nonorganic (meaning conventionally grown) fruits and vegetables contained detectable levels of 203 different types of pesticides, according to the report. Samples of all the produce in the Dirty Dozen (except cherries) contained more than 50 different pesticides each.

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