Some of the fruit and vegetable testing showed traces of pesticides long since banned by the EPA, according to the report. Here’s what ranked as the 'cleanest.' FOX13
lists what it calls the "Dirty Dozen" – or the 12 fruits and vegetables that were found to be the most contaminated with pesticides.
Furthermore, several samples of green beans had residues of the toxic pesticide acephate, which the EPA banned more than 10 years ago from use on green beans grown for food, according to the report. Avocados and sweet corn were found to be the cleanest produce with less than 2% of samples showing any detectable pesticides.
The EWG’s report added how the USDA peels or scrubs and washes produce samples before testing, whereas the FDA "only removes dirt" before testing its samples. Even after these steps, the tests still found traces of 251 different pesticides.
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