Why Buy Organic? + A Dirty Dozen Reminder. Do You Know All 12 Foods

12 Pesticide Foods To Always Buy Organic

Question: Why Buy Organic?

Answer: An organic diet is always preferable, as there is less exposure to pesticides and toxic chemicals that can harm human health, damage the environment, be toxic to wildlife animals and have dangerous, long-term health consequences for farm workers.

Here’s an excellent resource for further information on pesticides: Poisoning Our Children: The Parent’s Guide to the Myths of Safe Pesticides by André Leu

The dirty dozen refers to 12 types of produce that receive the heaviest amounts of pesticides and here they are…