Congratulations, We're Making Progress

About this time last year we reported that celery was ranked as the TOP most pesticide-ridden vegetable in the known universe.

We are happy to report that we're making progress in our fight against celery. This year in the current release of the "Dirty Dozen", celery is ranked only #2.

As we have hacked away at the villainous celery minions, we've weakened their hold and there is a slight reduction in their power.  But do not celebrate too long and let your guard down.  There is a long way to go. We must fight the good fight until the very end.

But for now, celebrate it up right, be proud at what you've accomplished in the last year and let's start again strong tomorrow!

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.