Once again apples get rotten press coverage from the Environmental Working Group (EWG). This year, like the past two, EWG perpetuates its myth of this dangerous fruit.
Why dangerous? Because of trace amounts of pesticides. How high the amounts? For the 2011 scare, the amount of pesticide detected was 2.5 percent of the EPA tolerance dose.
YES- its worth repeating—2.5 percent of the EPA tolerance dose. Is this reason to alarm folks? Well, one reason might be the zeal to convince folks to buy organic.
