Comments on: EWG Updates the Dirty Dozen

By: Nurse

Nurse — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 22:20:59 +0000

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Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:05:14 +0000

[...] favorite for summer desserts, are among the foods the Environmental Working Group includes on their “Dirty Dozen” list of foods that are best purchased [...]

By: Barbara Barker

Barbara Barker — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:59:21 +0000

One way to teach children healthy eating habits is to teach them to grow some of their own food organically. Check out this book. It is a guide to growing the dirty dozen organically in Containers-

Container Gardening for Health: The 12 Most Important Fruits & Vegetables for Your Organic Garden (ISBN:0978629329)

By: Susan Janssen

Susan Janssen — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:56:30 +0000

Good information–thank you!
Can you tell me about the pesticide level in artichokes? None of the lists seem to include this vegetable.
Susan Janssen

By: Dude, What’s On My Food?! : Eco Child’s Play

Dude, What’s On My Food?! : Eco Child’s Play — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:25:27 +0000

[...] the Environmental Working Group came out with their list of the “Dirty Dozen“, I’m more selective about our produce purchases. We even grew a few rows of kale in [...]

By: Linda Guzik

Linda Guzik — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:17:03 +0000

I realize that peanuts are a legume but aren’t they one of the dirtiest foods out there? I thought I read somewhere that peanuts are sprayed with more pesticides than any other food product! And let’s face it… kids are eating peanut butter more than many fo the fruits and veggies on the dirty dozen.

By: Amy Jussel

Amy Jussel — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:05:17 +0000

p.s. I should add that I just pulled up the Organic Center pocket guide and they have a visual depiction that’s great for ‘at a glance’ shopping too. (though being that it’s from the organic center, they’re going to have a strong bias toward more don’ts…inc. green beans, peas etc.) Nice secondary visual add though…

http://www.organic-center.org/reportfiles/TOC_Pocket_Guide.pdf

By: Amy Jussel

Amy Jussel — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:59:24 +0000

Robin, I just pulled out my prior EWG pocket guide and it looks like spinach and potatoes dropped off the dirty dozen…but neither one shifted to the ‘clean 15′ EWG list either, soooo I guess there’s some middle muddle there, eh? Thanks for this, I’ll do an update on Shaping Youth. btw, have you seen the Mission Organic 2010 at http://www.organic-center.org? They’re doing a fun viral to amp up awareness and increase supply/demand.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:04:35 +0000

Their web site appears to be down right now … Thanks for summarizing the changes!