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EWG’s Healthy Home Tips

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The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has offered Healthy Home Tips to protect you and your family from toxic chemical overload, especially at home. This illuminating article spells out the risks and implications clearly, in easy to understand terms, on why children are even more susceptible to toxic chemicals. It’s time to “green your cleaning routine” – starting with using common items such as lemons or Parsley Plus. Print the PDF version of their Healthy Home Tips guide here.

For more information, visit the Environmental Working Group.

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The Clean Fifteen

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You may be wondering what fruits and vegetables contain the least amount of residue from pesticides after reading about The Dirty Dozen. Touted as the “Clean Fifteen,” the following list of fruits and vegetables are the safest to consume without purchasing their organic counterpart. For more information on pesticides, visit the EWG website.

The Clean 15

  1. Onion
  2. Avocados
  3. Sweet Corn
  4. Mangoes
  5. Pineapple
  6. Asparagus
  7. Sweet Peas
  8. Eggplant
  9. Kiwi
  10. Cabbage
  11. Watermelon
  12. Cantaloupe
  13. Honeydew Melon
  14. Sweet Potato
  15. Grapefruit
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