Rinsing your apples under the tap might not be as effective as you think. Here's a better method backed by science.

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

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...