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I'm looking for the "Dirty Dozen" and the "Clean Fifteen" Many websites refer to it, but I can't find the government link. Help?

Asked by snowberry (27656points) January 9th, 2012

Supposedly the FDA checks pesticide and fertilizer residue on all produce produced in and imported into the US, and updates that list every year. I can’t find it now, but I’ve found the link in the past, and there are many private websites that refer to it.

I’ve also checked the USDA with no results.

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http://www.ewg.org/foodnews/

Looks like it a privately published listing.

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bkcunningham's avatar

I think it is the Environmental Working Group’s “Dirty Dozen” and “Clean 15” list you are looking for, @snowberry.

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snowberry's avatar

I think I found that website while I was researching this morning, @elbanditoroso. Is there a link somewhere regarding who actually performs this testing, and how often it’s done?

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OOps, I found the link myself. Thanks.

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