Produce: To Wash, or Not to Wash, That Is the Question (WAS: BioKleen fruit and vegetable cleaner?)

[Guest guest]

Hi Lynne,

 

This is a great question, and one to which no honest person can give a

definitive response. All we can do is highlight a few considerations, and to

each, his own.

 

1. Pesticides and the like are not only ON the plants / produce, but IN

them. You cannot wash this away, to my knowledge.

 

2. Unwashed produce carries at least in theory, bits of soil and therefore

life-affirming soil-based organisms. Some would prefer to retain these.

 

3. Farm workers and produce handlers throughout the distribution chain may

or may not wash their hands. Some are concerned about this; others trust

their own body's capacity to cleanse and restore itself sufficiently to set

aside any such concern.

 

4. If pesticide residue remains on the plant/produce after months growing

outdoors, what makes you think you can just wash it off?

 

5. BioKleen itself is a product, and using it introduces another set of

chemicals.

 

6. BioKleen is " better " than pesticide.

 

7. BioKleen is " not better " than pesticide and leaves its own residue on the

produce.

 

I imagine I could think of more " points " to share, but as you can plainly

see, Lynne, $^*$^ & ( " :}{) " } " } & " (* & , in a manner of speaking.

 

Best,

Elchanan

_____

 

rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

Lynne Moore

Friday, July 13, 2007 11:29 AM

rawfood

[Raw Food] BioKleen fruit and vegetable cleaner?

 

 

HI All,

 

I was wondering if it's a good idea to clean fruits and vegetables with

BioKleen or other organic produce cleaner. I usually use all organic fruit,

but at times I get some non-organic produce such as pineapple and watermelon

and mangos.. I was also wondering if organic produce should be washed with

cleaner just in case there are SOME pesticides on them. I have read that

even organic produce has been known to be found with chemicals and

pesticides on them.

 

Thanks,

Lynne

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

rawfood , " Elchanan " <Elchanan wrote:

 

[...]

 

> 3. Farm workers and produce handlers throughout the distribution

chain may

> or may not wash their hands. Some are concerned about this; others

trust

> their own body's capacity to cleanse and restore itself

sufficiently to set

> aside any such concern.

 

[...]

 

As something of an affirmation of this, I just heard a news

story today about an e-coli incident at a county fair, where

someone got sick from eating hummus. They, of course, went

into similar, cases at fairs in the past. But, anyway, what

caught my attention and is apropros the above, is they said

for every reported case there are something like 20-30 cases

that the affected chalk up to flu or general malaise. Which

is to say that, even untreated, most folks do not experience

life-threatening kidney failure, etc..

 

 

-Erin

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