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Not all fruit is created equal. In 2010, the President’s Cancer Panel put together two lists, “The Dirty Dozen” and “The Clean 15.” The idea was to help consumers eat produce with fewer pesticides, thus reducing the risk of being exposed to cancer-causing agents. The Dirty Dozen, which includes fruit like apples, peaches, and strawberries, tested positive for at least 47 different chemicals. The President’s Cancer Panel suggests consumers buy organic when it comes to fruits on The Dirty Dozen list; in doing so, the amount of toxins they consume can be reduced by as much as 80 percent. The produce on “The Clean 15,” which includes onions, avocadoes, and pineapples, had little to no traces of pesticide.
