Bottled washes to clean food? Water's fine
Friday, September 4, 2009 - 17:56
in Mathematics & Economics
There's little evidence so far that the washes make food any safer. For consumers worried about E. coli on their cantaloupe or pesticides on their peaches, there's a new form of alleged assistance on grocery store shelves: bottled washes that promise to remove pesticide residues, wax, dirt and bacteria from fruit and vegetables.