{"id":33735,"date":"2018-04-25T10:08:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T15:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=33735"},"modified":"2018-04-25T10:08:02","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T15:08:02","slug":"ewgs-2018-dirty-dozen-and-clean-15-lists-and-why-experts-are-telling-us-to-ignore-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=33735","title":{"rendered":"EWG\u2019s 2018 Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 Lists (and Why \u201cExperts\u201d Are Telling Us to Ignore Them)"},"content":{"rendered":"

EWG\u2019s 2018 Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 Lists (and Why \u201cExperts\u201d Are Telling Us to Ignore Them)<\/a><\/h3>\n
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It\u2019s that time of the year again! EWG has announced<\/a> it\u2019s annual \u201cDirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen\u201d list of the foods that are the most contaminated with pesticides. Meanwhile, nutrition \u201cexperts\u201d are telling consumers that the list isn\u2019t important and that we should completely ignore the shopper\u2019s guide.<\/p>\n

Why is this list so important?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is vitally important that everyone eats plenty of produce, but it is also wise to avoid dietary exposure to toxic pesticides, from conception through childhood,\u201d said Sonya Lunder, senior analyst with EWG. \u201cWith EWG\u2019s guide, consumers can fill their fridges and fruit bowls with plenty of healthy conventional and organic produce that isn\u2019t contaminated with multiple pesticide residues.\u201d (source<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Studies suggest that consuming pesticide-laden food can result in many different health issues.<\/p>\n

After countless studies, pesticides have been linked to\u00a0cancer<\/a>,\u00a0Alzheimer\u2019s Disease<\/a>,\u00a0ADHD<\/a>, and even birth defects. Pesticides also have the potential to harm the nervous system, the reproductive system, and the endocrine system. Pesticides can even be very\u00a0harmful<\/a>\u00a0to fetuses because the chemicals can pass from the mother during pregnancy or if a woman nurses her child. Although one piece of fruit with pesticides won\u2019t kill you, if they build up in your body, they can be potentially detrimental to your health and should be avoided as much as possible. (source<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since most of us can\u2019t afford a diet of organic, locally-grown pesticide-free food, the Environmental Working Group came up with an annual list that can help you decide what to buy conventional and what to buy organic. Here were some of their most important findings this year:<\/p>\n

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  • More than one-third of strawberry samples analyzed in 2016 contained 10 or more pesticide residues and breakdown products.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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    EWG\u2019s 2018 Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 Lists (and Why \u201cExperts\u201d Are Telling Us to Ignore Them) It\u2019s that time of the year again! EWG has announced it\u2019s annual \u201cDirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen\u201d list of the foods that are the most contaminated with pesticides. Meanwhile, nutrition \u201cexperts\u201d are telling consumers that the list isn\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2517,19923,319,19924,582,2516,5756],"class_list":["post-33735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-cancer","tag-ewg","tag-food","tag-food-contamination","tag-nutrition","tag-pesticides","tag-the-organic-prepper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33735"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33736,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33735\/revisions\/33736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}