How to actually remove pesticides from your fruit

Assuming that you should be worried about them in the first place.

Store-bought veggie washes don’t work, but baking soda does

Even after the long soak time, though, there were some pesticides that the baking soda couldn’t get to. Thiabendazole and phosmet, like many other substances, seep into the skin and flesh of the produce they’re applied to. There’s an upper limit to the amount that the fruit can absorb, since the added chemicals will come to an equilibrium inside the cells, but none of it will come out in the wash.If you’re hoping to avoid pesticides altogether, you’ll have to look beyond the organic aisle.

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