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Three fruits and vegetables with the most pesticide residues

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2020-07-08

According to the reporter's understanding, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) test some fruits and vegetables for the content of pesticide residues and types of pesticides every year, and analyze the results. The ranking is based on the data analysis of the 10 years from 2000 to 2009.

Most Pesticides: Apples

Among the 53 kinds of fruits and vegetables, more than 700 apple samples were found to have pesticide residues, accounting for 98% of the total, and 92% of the samples contained more than one type of pesticide. jumped to the top of the list.

Second Most: Celery

In second place was celery, with pesticides detected in 96 percent of the samples, including one sample that contained 13 pesticides at the same time.

Most types of pesticides: Pepper

Pepper has the most types of pesticides, with as many as 97 pesticides in all samples.

The 12 fruits and vegetables with the most pesticide residues are: apples, celery, strawberries, peaches, spinach, imported nectarines, imported grapes, bell peppers, potatoes, domestic blueberries, lettuce, and kale

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