concerning because scientists have found that the combination of two or more pes- ticides can be more potent than the use of the pesticides individually. The primary pesticide law – the Fed-


eral Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenti- cide Act, or FIFRA – is far less health pro- tective than the laws that protect the safety of our air, food, water and environment. There are many reasons EWG fights for pesticide regulation and reform: registra- tion loopholes, limited public participa- tion, outdated registration and pesticide registration backlogs, to name a few. These are examples of the potential undermining of marketplace safety as products with harmful health concerns can remain on the market. Not all pesticides registered under FIFRA adequately protect human health and the environment, and federal food tolerance residue levels often allow for higher exposure levels than public health advocates, including EWG, consider to be safe.


How You Can Avoid Pesticides In general, people who eat organic


produce consume fewer pesticides. In a study published in February, scientists evaluated the impact of an organic diet by monitoring the level of pesticides found in the urine of participating American families (both adults and children) while they main- tained a conventional diet and then after switching to an all-organic diet. Before the organic diet intervention, they detected in the participants’ urine potential exposure to more than 40 different pesticides. After about a week of eating organic food, par- ticipants had on average a 60 percent re- duction in the levels of synthetic pesticides measured in their urine, compared to when they were eating a conventional diet. In 2015, scientists at the University of


Washington found that people who report they often or always buy organic produce had significantly lower quantities of or- ganophosphate insecticides in their urine samples. This was true even though they reported eating 70 percent more servings of fruits and vegetables per day than adults who reported they rarely or never purchase organic produce. The fertility studies demonstrate po-


tentially subtle but important impacts of eating lower-pesticide-residue produce. These studies define low- and high-residue foods in a method similar to EWG’s guide. They use the same data source, the USDA’s Pesticide Data Program, and create a crop-


level residue index that largely overlaps with EWG’s Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen lists.


The Washington researchers found that


people’s self-reported dietary habits cor- respond to pesticide measurements in their bodies. In the EARTH study, male partici- pants who reported the highest consump- tion of high-residue crops had higher concentrations of organophosphate and pyrethroid insecticides, and the herbicide 2,4-D in their urine, than participants who eat these foods less often.


Fertility studies' classification of pesti- cide residues


High pesticide residue score: Apples, apple sauces, blueberries, grapes, green beans, leafy greens, pears, peaches, potatoes, plums, spinach, strawberries, raisins, sweet peppers, tomatoes, winter squashes


Low to moderate pesticide residue score: Apple juice, avocados, bananas, beans, broccoli, cabbages, cantaloupes, carrots, cauliflower, celery, corn, eggplants, grape- fruits, lentils, lettuce, onions, oranges, or- ange juices, peas, prunes, summer squash- es, sweet potatoes, tofu, tomato sauces, zucchini


In 2012, the American Academy of


Pediatrics issued an important report that said children have “unique susceptibilities to [pesticide residues’] potential toxicity.” The organization cited research that linked pesticide exposures in early life to pediat- ric cancers, decreased cognitive function and behavioral problems. It advised its members to urge parents to consult “reli- able resources that provide information on the relative pesticide content of various


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