5. Canned tomatoes
Non-organic tomatoes sit at number nine on the Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) “Dirty Dozen” list, implying that these tomatoes are loaded with pesticides, insecticides and other harmful chemicals. This situation can become much worse, however, if those same tomatoes are then jammed into a can.
Canned tomatoes may appear to be the very picture of health, but studies show that these tomatoes contain a high concentration of bisphenol-A, which lines the inside of the can that houses them. Better known as BPA, this compound is a synthetic estrogen which causes reproductive and cardiovascular diseases and can negatively affect the development of baby’s and children’s brains. Stick to organic tomatoes in glass jars.