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How can i alleviate pesticide intake from fruits and vegetables?

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Dr. Marc Goldhagen answered

Specializes in Occupational Medicine

Buy organic: Personally I'd be more worried about the contamination from all of the hands that touched the fruit before it got to your store. Wash with water and mild very dilute soap to remove that contamination. If fruit comes from outside the US use very dilute bleach to wash outside of fruit. If you are concerned about the pesticide buy organic or only eat fruit that you can peel off the outer skin.

Answered 7/6/2014

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Less Dirty Fruit: An annual ranking of the non-organic fruits & vegetables with the most & least pesticides once again has apples at the top of the "Dirty Dozen." Based on data from the US Department of Agriculture: apples, strawberries, & grapes had the most pesticides of those sampled. Avocados, sweet corn, & pineapples topped the "Clean 15" list. (Ref. aarp.org/bulletin)

Answered 7/26/2014

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