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.

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