Cleanest and Dirtiest Produce Article

Produce is

• a word that means fruits and vegetables

• a word that means pesticides

Farmers use pesticides because

• they like to drink them

• they need to protect their crops from weeds and pests

• they think pesticides smell great

• pesticides are healthy

EWG stands for

• Everyone Wants Gum

• Environmental Working Group

• Earth Worm Gals

• Eat Wheat Grains

The Dirty Dozen are

• 12 fruits and vegetables with the most pesticide residue

• 15 fruits and vegetables with the least amount of residue

• the name of a hip hop group

• people who study pesticides for a living

The Clean 15 are

• teachers who work with students struggling in math class

• 15 fruits and veggies that are the lowest in pesticides

• 12 fruits and veggies with the highest level of pesticides

• farm workers who only grow organic food

Residue is

• a small amount of something that remains or is leftover

• a leafy, green vegetable

• one of the veggies in the dirty dozen

• a process for cleaning fruit

Spinach and kale are on the Clean 15 list.

• True

• False

The EWG says that people should avoid organic produce because it is harmful.

• False

• True

Exposure means

• you stay away from something

• you are around something

• you use chemicals to kill pests

• you like something

How does the EWG determine which types of produce make the clean or dirty list?

• they decide which fruits and veggies taste the best

• they determine how much pesticide residue is on them