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Popular produce from blueberries to potatoes poses a 'very high risk' of unhealthy pesticides linked to cancer and diabetes, a new report has revealed.
Nonprofit Consumer Reports analyzed seven years of Department of Agriculture data to identify the fruit and vegetables with the most pesticides that pose the most 'unacceptable health risks'.
They found pesticides posed a 'significant risk' in a shocking 20 percent of the 59 common fruits and vegetables they studied.
Blueberries, potatoes and bell peppers were deemed very high risk while green beans, kale and watermelon were high risk - meaning pregnant women and children should limit how much they eat them.
In the studied green beans, researchers shockingly found 'residues of a pesticide that hasn't been allowed to be used on the vegetable in the US for over a decade.'
Nonprofit Consumer Reports analyzed seven years of Department of Agriculture data
They found pesticides posed a 'significant risk' in a shocking 20 percent of the 59 common fruits and vegetables they studied
Blueberries, potatoes and bell peppers were deemed very high risk
Pesticides are sprayed onto crops to manage insects and weeds but they contaminate produce, it can pose a risk of cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
The analysis was based on 30,000 samples of 59 types of fruit and vegetables, including fresh, frozen, canned and organic, collected from supermarkets by the USDA.
Foods were then scored on their levels of pesticides, the corresponding health risks they posed and broken down by grown in the US and imported.
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