Celery Makes "The Dirty Dozen"

Finally, what we have been saying all along has come to pass.

Recently the Environmental Working Group's sixth "Shopper's Guide to Pesticides" has come out and number one on their list of most-contaminated produce?    CELERY

Don't take my word for it, you can read about it in the Chicago Tribune article or even from the EWG's information itself.

Not to brag or say I told you so, but we'd like to mention we pointed out this potential problem as early as January of 2009 and again in July of the same year.  You can read those articles below:

Can Organic Celery Cause Cancer?
Beware of New Zealand Celery

Here at the safehouse we're breaking out the champagne.

Beware of New Zealand Celery

Studies have shown a problem with chemical residue in celery grown in New Zealand. Sources say that the celery has been approved for human consumption, yet there is some cause for concern in certain circles.

Oversight? Or... something more deeply sinister? Read this article, then you decide.

FoodWeek: Crop tests produce good news and bad news on residues

Can Organic Celery Cause Cancer?

According to an article at Front Page Magazine, celery produces carcinogens when it comes under attacks from insects. It's a defense mechanism. (So, people, please stop calling celery a "defenseless vegetable".)

So, now you get to choose between chemically-coated celery or carcinogenic celery. Tough choice.

A better choice is just avoid it all. Do the right thing, buy carrots or maybe a nice parsnip or okra. Just say NO to celery.

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