In addition to dual lists unveiled last fall by the Environmental Working Group and the Center for Science in the Public Interest of the dirtiest and cleanest whole foods you'll find any day of the week in your neighborhood grocery store, be sure to take a few minutes to review this great addendum developed by the editors of Prevention of six more health-harming foods to avoid when you're shopping.
Apart from apples and potatoes, the Prevention list sets its sights in a different direction -- processed foods -- no doubt a serious and justified reaction to all the recent food safety problems in the news.
What follows is the remainder of the list, including links to recent reports about the debatable safety of each member of the Prevention list.
1. Farmed salmon
2. Conventional processed milk containing artificial hormones
3. Canned tomatoes
4. Corn-fed beef
5. Microwave popcorn
Organic Consumers Association December 10, 2009
Shine November 24, 2009