The Top Five Pesticide-Soaked Fruits and Vegetables to Avoid at All Costs

Millions of pounds of toxic, synthetic pesticides are sprayed each year in the United States in an effort to kill weeds, insects, and other pests.

This number began rising in the mid-1990s, with the advent of genetically modified foods, which are engineered in a lab to withstand large sprayings of Roundup herbicides. Other GMO crops such as Bt corn produce pesticides within the plant itself.

These crops are typically used to make processed food products like corn chips, including America’s favorite brand which was recently busted for misleading “natural” labels.

Based on the Most Recent 2025 ‘Dirty Dozen’ List From the Environmental Working Group, the Top 5 Pesticide-Soaked Crops to Avoid are as Follows: 

5. Peaches- 

Peaches are heavily contaminated according to the EWG’s latest Dirty Dozen list.

4. Grapes- 

A common entrant to this list, grapes are best when grown using no pesticides or purchased organic at grocery stores, health stores, or farmer’s markets.

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3. Kale, Collard and Mustard Greens- 

More than half of these samples were tainted with a pesticide linked to cancer in a laboratory study setting.

2. Srawberries- 

Americans eat about eight pounds of strawberries per year put them at risk for pesticide related health maladies as strawberries ranked second on the 2025 ‘Dirty Dozen.’

1. Spinach- 

Spinach took number one on the 2025 list, a familiar position for the dark leafy green. Spinach is riddled with oxalates and pesticides making non-organic spinach a questionable choice if consumed too often.

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The Rest of the Top Ten List is as Follows

6. Cherries- 

An expensive fruit, cherries are nonetheless one of the most heavily drenched in pesticides.

7. Nectarines- 

A type of stone fruit also known as a drupe, nectarines have a smooth skin, thin and soft type of skin that puts all who eat it at risk for being contaminated by pesticides.

8. Pears- 

Another high risk fruit to buy organic because of its soft, thin outer skin.

9. Apples-

Chemicals used on non-organic American apples have been banned for consumption in Europe.

10. Blackberries- 

These fruits were tested by the USDA for the first time in 2023 and have quickly vaulted up the list.

11. Blueberries- 

Several traces of pesticide contamination were found on these staple fruits which otherwise have great health benefits.

12. Potatoes- 

The most consumed vegetable in the United States causing pesticide exposure to millions of people each day.

Thanks for reading! To view the full list, check out the EWG’s website here. You can support the organic industry (and this website) by shopping at Paleo Valley – Their Whole Foods Vitamin C, Electrolytes and Beef Sticks are among my favorite items

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