Three-quarters of Americans don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables. Cropped from jwajennalex/flickr April 13, 2017 Don’t believe everything you hear about pesticides on fruits and vegetables Michael P. Holsapple, Michigan State University; Heather E. Dover, Michigan State University, and Keith Ayoob, Yeshiva University Reports about trace amounts of pesticides, like the EWG’s Dirty Dozen, can leave people afraid to buy fruits and vegetables. But the hype is often overblown.