Dirty Dozen & Clean Fifteen

For your health and the environment my recommendation is to eat as much local organic produce as possible...but for various reasons (availability, cost, convenience etc.) it's not always possible.

Below is the list of the dirty dozen and clean fifteen directly from the David Suzuki Foundation website. The dirty dozen are the items with the most contaminants and clean fifteen have the least amount of contaminants. If you are not able to buy organic and have to buy conventional stick to the items on the clean fifteen and avoid the dirty dozen.

Take a photo with your phone of this list and have it with you when you shop...that way when you are in the grocery store and can't remember which items are on which list you can flip back to the photo for a reference:)

The Dirty Dozen (in order of contamination) Apples Celery Sweet bell peppers Peaches Strawberries Nectarines Grapes Spinach Lettuce Cucumbers Blueberries Potatoes

The Clean 15 (in order of least contamination) Onions Sweet Corn Pineapples Avocado Cabbage Sweet peas Asparagus Mangoes Eggplant Kiwi Cantaloupe Sweet potatoes Grapefruit Watermelon Mushrooms