Organics and Our Commitment to Your Good Health

We at The Power of Juice produce our products using the guidelines and recommendations published by the EWG on produce.  If one of our ingredients is on the EWG Dirty Dozen PLUS^TM list we source it organic.

Dirty Dozen PLUS^TM as identified by the EWG (Environmental Working Group) based on produce testing conducted by the USDA:

• Apples (we source organic)
• Strawberries (we do not use this ingredient)
• Grapes (we do not use this ingredient)
• Celery (we source organic)
• Peaches (we do not use this ingredient)
• Spinach (we do not use this ingredient)
• Sweet bell peppers (we source organic whenever available)
• Nectarines (imported) (we do not use this ingredient)
• Cucumbers (we source organic whenever available)
• Cherry tomatoes (we do not use this ingredient)
• Snap peas (imported) (we do not use this ingredient)
• Potatoes (we do not use this ingredient)
• Kale (we source organic)
• Romaine (we source organic)

Highlights of Dirty Dozen™ 2015

EWG singles out produce with the highest pesticide loads for its Dirty Dozen™ list. This year, it is comprised of apples, peaches, nectarines, strawberries, grapes, celery, spinach, sweet bell peppers, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, imported snap peas and potatoes.

Each of these foods tested positive a number of different pesticide residues and showed higher concentrations of pesticides than other produce items.

Key findings:

• 99 percent of apple samples, 98 percent of peaches, and 97 percent of nectarines tested positive for at least one pesticide residue.
• The average potato had more pesticides by weight than any other produce.
• A single grape sample and a sweet bell pepper sample contained 15 pesticides.
• Single samples of cherry tomatoes, nectarines, peaches, imported snap peas and strawberries showed 13 different pesticides apiece.
  

  Dirty Dozen PLUS™

  For the third year, we have expanded the Dirty Dozen™ with a Plus category to highlight two types of food that contain trace levels of highly hazardous pesticides. Leafy greens – kale and collard greens – and hot peppers do not meet traditional Dirty Dozen™ ranking criteria but were frequently found to be contaminated with insecticides toxic to the human nervous system. EWG recommends that people who eat a lot of these foods buy organic instead.

  Clean 15 as identified by the EWG (Environmental Working Group) based on produce testing conducted by the USDA:

  • Avocados (we source conventional)
  • Sweet corn (we do not use this ingredient)
  • Pineapples (we source conventional)
  • Cabbage (we do not use this ingredient)
  • Sweet peas (frozen) (we do not use this ingredient)
  • Onions (we do not use this ingredient)
  • Asparagus (we do not use this ingredient)
  • Mangoes (we do not use this ingredient)
  • Papayas (we do not use this ingredient)
  • Kiwi (we do not use this ingredient)
  • Eggplant (we do not use this ingredient)
  • Grapefruit (we source conventional)
  • Cantaloupe (domestic) (we do not use this ingredient)
  • Cauliflower (we do not use this ingredient)
  • Sweet potatoes (we source conventional)

  Pesticides are toxic by design. They are created expressly to kill living organisms — insects, plants and fungi that are considered “pests.” Many pesticides pose health dangers to people. These risks have been confirmed by independent research scientists and physicians across the world.

  As acknowledged by U.S. and international government agencies, different pesticides have been linked to a variety of health problems, including:

  • brain an d nervous system toxicity
  • cancer
  • hormone disruption
  • skin, eye and lung irritation