Demystifying The Dirty Dozen: Why Some Fruits and Vegetables Carry More Pesticides
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Demystifying The Dirty Dozen: Why Some Fruits and Vegetables Carry More Pesticides - Nemos News Network
Authored by Cara Michelle Miller via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Every year, the Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) new list causes a stir in the produce aisle—and this time, two newcomers, blackberries and potatoes, have landed on the Dirty Dozen list, prompting many shoppers to give their grocery carts a second look. The Epoch TImes/Shutterstock […]
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Legacy media still wants to scare with the Dirty Dozen
Every year when the Environmental Working Group releases its Dirty Dozen list, we look at how legacy media covers the release. We typically see scare-type stories because media knows that gets attention. This year there’s no shortage of that. But each year, we seem to see more media outlets ignore it, since it’s nonsense that discourages fruit and vegetable consumption. Last week the EWG released its list, and that same day the Alliance for Food…
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