Scientists told how best to wash fruits and vegetables

A large number of potentially hazardous substances remain on the surface of vegetables and fruits during their collection, transportation and storage: these are the remains of pesticides that are used to treat crops during cultivation, as well as pathogenic bacteria. And if for the destruction of a larger number of bacteria, it may be sufficient to thoroughly wash with plain water, then getting rid of pesticides is not so easy.

According to Vesty.co.ilRecently, American scientists published in one of the Israeli medical journals the results of a study that showed how exactly and reliably one can wash pesticide residues from the surface of food. Experts from the University of Massachusetts stressed that ordinary washing with water does not remove thiabendazole and phosmet, substances used to protect vegetables and fruits from parasites and fungi. But in the home arsenal of every housewife there is a simple product that will help get rid of them quickly. And this is ordinary baking soda.

During the experiment, scientists used water and water with soda to treat two groups of vegetables and fruits, and for the third group they used a special chemical agent, common in the USA. Oddly enough, even the chemistry coped worse than ordinary soda. After 12 minutes of incubation, 80% thiabendazole and 96% phosmet were removed from the surface of the products with a soda solution.

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