Kale, strawberries, spinach top %u2018Dirty Dozen’ list for pesticide contamination – Story | WFLD. I have always hated spinach. I never heard of Kale until arrogant food bullies started pushing it at me. I think Kale tastes like cardboard. I knew in my gut that it wasn’t the health food it was claimed to be. Now, I find out that it is laced with dangerous pesticides. Now who is the health food expert?