But Gonzalez, 38, also wonders if the pesticides used on them could sicken her family. "They say you should eat a lot of fruits and vegetables," she said in Spanish.

Most of these samples were of fruits and vegetables." EWG report points out that there’s continued use of pesticides that may be harmful to humans, citing chlorpyrifos as an example.

While natural pesticides are safer than synthetic pesticides, there are still a few precautions to take if using them right ...

The pesticide, in use since 1965, has sickened dozens of farmworkers in recent years. Traces have been found in waterways, threatening fish, and regulators say overuse could make targeted insects ...

Pesticides on fruit and vegetables are a growing concern for health-conscious families but two simple steps can help remove them ...

October 1, 2013 Fruits and vegetables are essential to a healthy diet. When we’re in a store picking out a beautiful piece of fruit, we don’t stop to ask ourselves, “Were pesticides used in the ...

These standards ensure food items entering the marketplace contain no residues at or above the laboratory limit of detection, which is 1000 times stricter than legally permitted pesticide residue ...

In 2017, farmers planted dicamba-tolerant crops on 26 million acres, but the new versions of dicamba also drifted, damaging neighboring soybean fields, vegetables and orchards.

The EWG just released its annual Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce, which ranks pesticide contamination of 46 popular fruits and vegetables.

In this photo taken Oct. 5, 2014, apples are displayed at a farmers market in Arlington, Va. A common pesticide used on citrus fruits, almonds and other crops would be banned under a proposal ...