Why do we have to wash the fruits before we eat them?!
Why do we have to wash the fruits before we eat them?
it doesnt make any sense to me
Answers:
Since they come from being picked and are handled all the way to the grocery store I don't want to eat something that other people have handled without washing it first.
Plus, in case it was ever sprayed, etc.
It's really a no-brainer. Plus think of all the people that have picked through the pile in the store. Ugh
Filth, human hands and bacteria.
You need to wash all fresh fruits and vegetables to get off any inceticide still on them and to remove the wax they put on apples to make them shiny.
because you have no idea what has been sprayed on them or how clean the person is who handled them or what rodent or bug ran across them and did who knows
korkie
To get the organic label off
common sense cleanliness
because migrant workers like to pee on the harvest:)
well you dont HAVE to, its just a healthy choice to make...think about this.......its because on the way from picking the fruit , to packaging, and shipping in dirty boxes, and going to a grocery store(where-ever...) to someones hands piking them up and setting them on top of eachother, and the visitors hands picking them up ,and setting them down.....to them getting on your kitchen counter/frige.... wouldnt you think it would be a good idea to wash them? theres tons of bacteria bugs on them and im sure other things...hope i helped ya!
They have in contact with pesticides and have been handled by many people.
One word: PESTICIDES.
to remove pesticides, bacteria and dirt.
To wash off any wax or pesticides.
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Despite laws that try to prohibit it, sanitation in agricultural fields often leaves a lot to be desired. Besides the cost of portable toilet maintenance, there is the lost time, cuts into profits. That is a major source of human filth, but there are other things. Just the dust fuel, etc that foods are exposed to, the chemical sprays used in the field and in packing. Recycled rinse water, rodents n the packing sheds, hauling in trucks that need cleaning, all the way to the fruit stand or store where other people are handling the fruit, breathing-sneezing-coughing on it, and the flies from the sewage farm are dancing on it.
But if it doesn't make sense to you, by all means don't do it.
cause it can cause sickness if you don't.