美國環境工作組織（Environmental Working Group, EWG）公布最新農產品農藥殘留問題的消費者指南，蘋果、桃子、油桃、草莓、葡萄、芹菜、菠菜、甜椒、小黃瓜、小番茄、甜豆莢，馬鈴薯、辣椒，甘藍菜名列殘留問題最嚴重的蔬果。其中九成九的市售蘋果殘留至少一種農藥，酪梨、鳳梨則是相對最乾淨的水果。
風險較低的蔬果分別是酪梨、甜玉米、鳳梨、包心菜、冷凍豌豆、洋蔥、蘆筍、芒果、木瓜、奇異果、茄子、葡萄柚、白花椰菜，哈密瓜，甘薯等。
農藥與化學物質殘留最嚴重的是蘋果，八成美國市售蘋果遭「二苯胺」等化學物質汙染。這類物質減少蘋果斑點，增加外觀的透亮感。
連結：Apples Top Dirty Dozen List for Fifth Year in a Row
Apples, peaches, and nectarines topped EWG’s 2015 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in ProduceTM list of the dirtiest, or most pesticide-contaminated, fruits and vegetables, a new analysis of U.S. government data found. Apples turned up with the highest number of pesticides for the fifth year in a row, while peaches and nectarines moved up to the second and third spots.
Avocados were the cleanest item on the list, with only one percent of samples showing any detectable pesticides. Other items on the 2015 Clean FifteenTM list include sweet corn, pineapples, cabbage, sweet peas (frozen), onions, asparagus, mangoes, papayas, kiwi, eggplant, grapefruit, cantaloupe, and cauliflower.
小編評：美國環境工作組織（Environmental Working Group, EWG）是去分析美國專方open data中農藥檢測結果，不過僅能代表有檢出農藥的蔬果分析資料，似乎沒有帶入合格不合格的參數…不過這結果最乾淨和最髒不是和去年一模一樣嗎？