美國「環境工作團」（Environmental Working Group）公布的年度「消費者指南」（Shopper’s Guide）指出，抽驗市售48種新鮮蔬果、共計3萬2000份樣本，交美國農業部與美國食品暨藥物管理局（FDA）檢驗後，詳列殺蟲劑殘留排行。
統計顯示，蘋果是最常有殺蟲劑殘留的蔬果，且連續4年的調查都排第1。之後依次為草莓、葡萄、芹菜、桃子、菠菜、甜椒、進口油桃、黃瓜、小番茄。而最不常有殺蟲劑殘留的蔬果是酪梨，其次為甜玉米、鳳梨、甘藍菜、冷凍包裝的香豌豆。
連結：EWG’s 2014 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce
Apples topped this year’s annual Dirty Dozen list of most pesticide-contaminated produce for the fourth year. Other fruits and vegetables on the Dirty Dozen are strawberries, grapes, celery, peaches, spinach, sweet bell peppers, imported nectarines, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, potatoes and imported snap peas. Leafy greens – kale and collard greens – and hot peppers were frequently contaminated with insecticides that are particularly toxic to human health. EWG details this problem in a section called Dirty Dozen-Plus.
EWG’s Clean Fifteen consists of conventional produce with the least amount of pesticide residues. Avocados were the cleanest, with only 1 percent of samples showing any detectable pesticides. Other items on the list include corn, pineapples, cabbage, frozen sweet peas, onions, asparagus, mangoes, papayas, kiwi, eggplant, grapefruit, cantaloupe, cauliflower and sweet potatoes.
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