THANK YOU FOR WATCHING "MID-
MORNING."
BEFORE YOU SNACK ON
STRAWBERRIES MAKE SURE YOU WASH
THEM WELL.
THIRD YEAR IN A ROW
STRAWBERRIES ARE ON TOP OF THE
DIRTY DOZEN LIST FROM THE
ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP.
SPINACH CAME IN SECOND.
THE GROUP RANKS PESTICIDE
CONTAMINATION.
THEY LOOK AT 49 DIFFERENT
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES TESTED BY
THE U.S.D.A.
SOME OF THE OTHERS INCLUDE
NECTARINES, APPLES AND GRAPES.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LIST -- I
KNOW WHEN WE FIRST HAD KIDS MY
WIFE GAVE ME A LIST SAYING THIS
IS THE DIRTY DOZENS.
WE WANT ORGANICS OF THIS.
I DO TRY TO BUY ORGANIC
STRAWBERRIES.
WHEN YOU THINK OF THE
STRAWBERRY ABSORBING ALL THE
WATER FROM THE SOIL.
I DO NOT BUY ORGANIC APPLES BUT
I PAY ATTENTION TO THIS.
IT IS HARD TO SCRUB A
STRAWBERRY OR RASBERRY.
I DON'T WASH ANYTHING.
YOU LOVE DIRT.
I'M NOT GOING TO LIVE IN
FEAR OF FRUIT.
I REFUSE TO DO IT.
DO YOU WANT TO GET CANCER?
CALM DOWN.
JUST BECAUSE MY WIFE WILL STARE
AT ME AND MAKE SURE I WASH IT
FOR THE KIDS -- I'LL RINSE
THEM.
WHAT IS THAT REALLY DOING?
MY KID'S HANDS GO IN DISGUSTING
PLACES AND RIGHT INTO THEIR
MOUTHS.
I DON'T THINK THEIR FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES ARE THE BIGGEST
ISSUE.
MY MOM, WHO IS A CANCER
SURVIVOR, WHEN SHE WAS
DIAGNOSED SHE CHANGED OUT HER
ENTIRE ROUTINE.
SHE ONLY EATS ORGANIC FRUITS
AND VEGETABLES.
SHE ONLY DRINKS ORGANIC MILK.
IT IS SOMETHING SHE TAKES
SERIOUSLY.
SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHERE HER
CANCER CAME FROM.
SHE GREW UP ON A FARM WITH
PESTICIDES.
SHE WAS ONLY 55 WHEN SHE WAS
DIAGNOSED.
PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE EVERY
PRECAUTION.
IF YOU ARE NUMBER ONE ON THE
DIRTY DOZEN LIST, WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN?
HOW BAD IS THAT?
I THINK IT IS BAD.
WHY IS IT BAD?
BECAUSE IT IS NUMBER ONE.
SCIENTISTS HAVE TAKE AND
LOOK AT THE METHODOLOGY AND
RESEARCH.
WHAT THIS ENVIRONMENTAL
ADVOCACY GROUP DOES IS THEY
LOOK AT THE PESTICIDES U.S.D.A.
TESTS FOR.
IT IS CALLED THE DIRTY DOZEN.
YOU HAVE TO RANK IT.
NUMBER ONE STILL HAS PESTICIDE
LEVELS THAT ARE SO LOW, LOWER
THAN ANYTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE
A HUMAN RISK.
BECAUSE YOU ARE THE WORSE
DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT
YOU ARE BAD.
I TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT MY
FAMILY EATS.
THERE IS SO MUCH WE DON'T
KNOW.
THERE IS A COST FACTOR HERE.
I DON'T BUY EVERYTHING ORGANIC.
WHEN IT COMES TO STRAWBERRIES
AND RASBERRIES I TRY TO.
MY FAMILY LOVES THEM.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS
THAT YOU SHOULD EAT FRUITS AND
