Question: are pears part of the dirty dozen?
Answer: Pears Join the Dirty Dozen™ -- Now With an Extra Helping of Pesticides. ... The amount of pesticide residues on pears more than doubled since 2010, from 0.6 parts per million to 1.4 parts per million. Forty-eight percent of the pears tested had residues of five or more pesticides, compared to just 3 percent in 2010.