Washing off pesticides from fruits and vegetables

[no_hypocrisy]

What do you recommend to remove pesticides from (non-organic) fruits and vegatables? I've heard everything from scrubbing with a brush and washing in a solution with a modicum of bleach.

Please share your ideas.

Thanks!

[Monique1]

1. This is what I do

clean them with a solution of vinegar.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Vinegar and distilled water?

Thank you.

[japple]

3. I usually grapefruit seed extract, sometimes dishwashing liquid.

[Phentex]

4. Call me crazy...

but I picked up a bag of small apples a week or so ago. And even after I washed the apple, I felt like I tasted bug spray on it. Could have been my imagination or not. I rewashed it with soap and water and it seemed a little better (maybe with a hint of soap, lol).

I usually buy apples individually and I've never tasted anything but the waxy stuff. Sometime I buy the big containers from Costco but those are so huge. Still, I have not tasted a pesticide taste on them. I think I will keep a bottle of vinegar solution at the sink now.

[Warpy]

5. I just use soap and water

Just a dab of Dr. Bronner's will take most petroleum based crap off food. Some of it (like the crap they spray apples with) penetrates the skin, so I either realize I can't get away from all of it or I peel it.