Strawberries may be a superfood—but they pose a potential risk unless you go organic. In addition to having up to 13 pesticides detected on the fruit, according to an Environmental Working Group (EWG) analysis, conventional strawberries have a large surface area and all those tiny bumps, which makes the pesticides hard to wash off, so you’re ingesting more of those chemicals, explains Marion Nestle, PhD, a professor of nutrition and public health at New York University and author of What to Eat.
Posted on: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 02:30:00 +0000
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