Yeah that quiz is highly subjective. According to SciAm you should buy organic/non-pesticide leaden fruits and veggies if they have thin skins or that have flesh that can be permeated by pesticides that cannot be washed or cooked away. Simple test they recommended to see you should buy organic fruits and veggies vs conventional - buy the veg/fruit and soak it in water dyed with food coloring. Let said fruit or veggie soak in the dyed water for an hour. If the dye starts to enter the produce then your standard man made pesticides will also get inside your produce.

Buying organic boxed cereal, organic bread, and organic juices is a waste of money because they are processed. As are organic soaps etc.

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I agree that it's completely subjective. It also only focuses on the pesticide levels measured in the product, which is only one little piece of the organic/non-organic debate. The environmental factors aren't even mentioned -- and no, they don't always come out on the side of organic.

AGreed, wackdoodle. I have heard the rule of thumb that it's not necessary to buy organic if you don't eat the skin. So normal oranges and bananas are fine, strawberries and apples get organic.

Potatoes, really?

I recently saw a short segment on this on t.v. and answered accordingly. If one can afford it, one should try to buy organic all the time.

I can't afford it ergo I don't buy it.

7/8 I don't really like spinach

I buy almost everything organics ..that I can afford especially fruit & Veg via monthly fruit my organic box form abel 7 cole
Organic is way more than good for you, good for the enviroment & producer

great job org. trade

Firstly, You can't wash away pesticides. It's not just a matter of pesticides on the fruit but it has already been sprayed as it was growing. Don't forget the pesticide were already in the soil of which the seed grew and was then sprayed with pesticides as it grew, long before it was ready for picking. Organic in the U.S. means the soil was cleared from pesticides for years before you even place the seed in the ground. You can't wash away pesticides. The fruits and Veggie already grew-up in the pesticides they are a part of it's make-up. They don't spray it after it's picked, It was sprayed as it grew, from the seed to the roots to the day it was picked.

woot 8 out of 8. I shop this way, buying the dirty dozen as organic and rest just normal. It's way too expensive to buy a completely organic.