The Dirty Dozen

Lee Marvin is assigned a group of twelve condemned criminals (played by actors such as Charles Bronson, Telly Savalas, and Donald Sutherland) to make a suicidal ...

The exposure routes in these studies were not specific to food, but the pesticides in question are widely used on conventional produce.” Research shows that the benefits of consuming fruits and vegetables far outweigh any minute exposure to pesticides.” It is important to note that the samples are tested for pesticides after they have been prepared to be eaten.” In the unlikely event any of them survive, they will be granted full pardons. The study concluded: “(1) exposures to the most commonly detected pesticides on the twelve commodities pose negligible risks to consumers, (2) substitution of organic forms of the twelve commodities for conventional forms does not result in any appreciable reduction of consumer risks, and (3) the methodology used by the environmental advocacy group [EWG] to rank commodities with respect to pesticide risks lacks scientific credibility.” The list comes from the EWG’s “Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce,” which, according to the organization’s website, “ranks the pesticide contamination of 46 popular fruits and vegetables.”