This video offers a practical, science-backed reality check on food safety by distinguishing between surface residues and systemic penetration. It effectively proves that while chemistry can optimize cleaning, it cannot fully undo the deep-seated reach of modern pesticides.
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What is the best way to remove pesticides from apples? Researchers found that a simple bicarbonate solution removed surface pesticides far better than tap water or bleach. However, pesticides that penetrate deeper into the fruit are much harder to remove completely.
So, they started with organic apples with no pesticides and then they deliberately applied two pesticides, phosmet, which is an organophosphate insecticide, and thiabendazole, which is a systemic fungicide.
Now, that distinction is critical here because those two behave very differently.
Phosmet seems to sit more on the surface of the fruit, whereas that thiabendazole, it penetrates deeper into the fruit.
And that one detail explains almost everything.
And when they tested tap water, a bleach solution, and a 1% bicarbonate solution, the bicarbonate solution performed the best by a big margin.
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