Everyone has been told to wash their produce- but some experts say it could be futile.
When used extensively in the growing process, pesticides can get inside your fruit and vegetables.
So washing the outside will help clean off dirt, bugs and bacteria, as well as external pesticides, but you’re probably still going to consume them, Marvin Pritts, a professor of horticulture at Cornell University, told NPR.
‘The residues are inside the cells and they’re there to stay,’ Professor Pritts said.
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