Dirty Goodies: Top 10 Foods Most Likely to Poison You

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Among the entire American crop, strawberries are the most massively dosed with pesticides. In fact, every acre of strawberries receives three hundred pounds of pesticides, on average, while only 25 pounds are applied to every acre of other foods.

Specifically, 36 different pesticides are usually used on strawberries, 90 percent of which registered dangerous levels of pesticide contamination after testing. On the other hand, 39 chemicals are commonly applied to raspberries.

58 percent of tested raspberries were found positive for contamination, while 91 percent of tested cherries registered contamination with 25 pesticides.

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FDA testing detected 36 different chemicals in apples, dangerously, half of these chemicals are neurotoxins (cause brain damage). Moreover, more than 90 percent of apples had pesticide residue. The risk of ingesting such chemicals remains even peeling nonorganic apples.

Pears are commonly sprayed with 35 pesticides and 94 percent of tested pears were found guilty of contamination. Peaches and nectarines regularly receive 45 different pesticides in conventional orchards. Their delicate skin leaves the fruit exposed to dangers of such toxic chemicals.

Grapes are sprayed several times throughout their growth cycle due to their fragile nature. Also, the grapes’ delicate skin is easily invaded by the 35 different pesticides which are commonly used in conventional vineyards. It should be noted that imported grapes are much worse than those grown locally since they bear many of the most toxic pesticides that are banned in the US.

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