Traditional fruit cleaning methods may not be sufficient to completely eliminate pesticides, according to a new study ...

While this report was distressing on its own, a new study is showing that washing your produce does not remove all the pesticide residues found on food. The paper, published in the American ...

According to a study published in August, merely washing fruit is not sufficient to remove residual pesticides and toxic ...

It appears that washing fruit and vegetables is not enough to remove pesticides. Some will still remain on the surface, and the only way to completely get rid of them might be to peel them.

Getty Washing fruit before eating doesn’t remove ... of pesticide ingestion from fruits cannot be avoided by simple washing other than peeling.” The study’s authors said they’re not ...

An apple a day … could be filling your body with pesticides. A new study suggests that washing fruit, a precautionary measure taken by many consumers, is not enough to remove toxic chemicals and ...

A surprisingly large percentage of foodborne illness comes from eating fresh produce. Here’s the best way to wash this ...

(NewsNation) — Simply washing your fruit isn’t enough to completely ... The presence of a detectible pesticide residue does not mean the residue is at an unsafe level,” the EPA notes on ...