washing vegetables

I'll bet the pesticide is not water soluble.

I'm going to cross post this into a smarter newsgroup.

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What's the best way to wash vegetables like romaine lettuce and spinach to
make sure they are freeof pesticides and other stuff? Thanks.

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:: romaine lettuce is very low in pesticides but spinach should be
:: discarded for something else.
::
:: Google pesticides +romaine lettuce
::
:: Then you can do your own research instead of searching the
:: newsgroups for your answers.
::
:: On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 04:15:34 GMT, "Cubit" <[email hidden]> wrote:
::
::: I'll bet the pesticide is not water soluble.
:::
::: I'm going to cross post this into a smarter newsgroup.
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:::
::: "Jarron" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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:::: What's the best way to wash vegetables like romaine lettuce and
:::: spinach to make sure they are freeof pesticides and other stuff?
:::: Thanks.
::::
:::
:: Romaine lettuce is very low in pesticides but spinach should be left
:: in the store and a substitute used.
::
:: Google pesticides +romaine lettuce
::
:: Then you can do your own research instead of searching the
:: newsgroups for your answers.
::
:: Ora

Where I live it is easy to find organic spinach. No problem.

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I'll bet the pesticide is not water soluble.

I'm going to cross post this into a smarter newsgroup.

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What's the best way to wash vegetables like romaine lettuce and spinach
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make sure they are freeof pesticides and other stuff? Thanks.

washing vegetables can only reduce a very small amount of pesticides.. as
was already stated, most of them are lipophil and do not readily wash off
with water (which is only logical.. they would have to spray every single
time after a rainfall otherwise).

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I'll bet the pesticide is not water soluble.

I'm going to cross post this into a smarter newsgroup.

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What's the best way to wash vegetables like romaine lettuce and spinach to
make sure they are freeof pesticides and other stuff? Thanks.

What about washing fruits and vegetables with Sodium Bcarbonate (baking
soda), in water, or just rubbing it on wet fruits or vegetables?

According to a manufacturer, "used in the washing water, removes and
carries away products such as fungal inhibitors used to treat the skin of
fruit"
http://www.solvaybicar.com/market/application/0,0,-_EN-1000105-1000294,00.html

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There's something you can get in a health food store...as I recall, it
has something to do with grapefruit? Grapefruit...extract? Anyway, the
stuff is said to completely remove pesticides and fertilizers from the
outside of the fruit or vegetable. Ask somebody in the HF store.

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There's something you can get in a health food store...as I recall, it
has something to do with grapefruit? Grapefruit...extract? Anyway, the
stuff is said to completely remove pesticides and fertilizers from the
outside of the fruit or vegetable. Ask somebody in the HF store.

I'm coming into this discussion late - I use Veggie Wash from the HF store
on the tons of fresh produce I go through for my business...for leafy greens
I use a solution of Veggie Wash and water, per the instructions. It's
citrus-based.

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low carb since 4/4/05
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The obvious answer if you are concerned about "pesticides" would be to
buy organic...
as for getting them clean, you can soak them in water with a little bit
of soap (preferably something mild like dr. bronner's soap) for a
minute or 2, then rinse, brush off all the visible dirt with you
fingers, and spin it in a cotton sack or one of those 'salad spinner'
things. If you cut them before soaking you will get more dirt off. If
that is too much effort, buy stuff pre-cut, like at Trader Joe's if you
live where those are, or pre-packaged salad mixes. Now stop worrying
so much and eat your damn veggies!

Cubit said:

I'll bet the pesticide is not water soluble.

Modern commercial organophosphate pesticides break down in a few
days of sunlight and water to leave virtually no measurable pesticide
residue by harvest. It's the allowed "organic" pesticides that are
used by organic farms (in the USA) that are more of a problem:
rotenone, copper sulfate, and pyrethrum.

Organic vegetables that grow at ground level, such as lettuce, are
also sometimes found to be contaminated with E coli from improperly
cured manure.

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garhi said:

The obvious answer if you are concerned about "pesticides" would be to
buy organic...

Not in the USA. The notion that organic farms don't use pesticides
is urban folklore.

I don't know the regulations for organic farming elsewhere, but organic
farms in the USA are allowed to and do use rotenone, copper sulphate
and pyrethrum pesticides.

Non-organic farming uses pesticides that break down with exposure to
sunlight and water. That can't be said for "organic" pesticides.

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What's the best way to wash vegetables like romaine lettuce and spinach to
make sure they are freeof pesticides and other stuff? Thanks.

http://www.shopnatural.com/html/515.htm
Allen's veggie wash claims to remove wax, pesticides, soil, and chemicals.
There's also a cute little bunny on their label meaning that they don't test
it on critters.

http://www.tryfit.com/
Fit is the wash I use, because I can pick it up at local grocery stores. It
seems to work well. It sure does make a difference on waxy things like
apples. I also can't believe how much dirt and oily substance is floating
at the top of a water bath after washing veggies using it verses washing
just in water.

http://www.vermontsoap.com/vegwash.html
I've never tried this - Vermont soap veggie wash

We have organic grown vegetable farms too. Right beside major roads where
the fumes settle on them.

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[email hidden] wrote:
:: romaine lettuce is very low in pesticides but spinach should be
:: discarded for something else.
::
:: Google pesticides +romaine lettuce
::
:: Then you can do your own research instead of searching the
:: newsgroups for your answers.
::
:: On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 04:15:34 GMT, "Cubit" <[email hidden]> wrote:
::
::: I'll bet the pesticide is not water soluble.
:::
::: I'm going to cross post this into a smarter newsgroup.
:::
:::
::: "Jarron" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
::: news:[email hidden]...
:::
:::: What's the best way to wash vegetables like romaine lettuce and
:::: spinach to make sure they are freeof pesticides and other stuff?
:::: Thanks.
::::
:::
:: Romaine lettuce is very low in pesticides but spinach should be left
:: in the store and a substitute used.
::
:: Google pesticides +romaine lettuce
::
:: Then you can do your own research instead of searching the
:: newsgroups for your answers.
::
:: Ora

Where I live it is easy to find organic spinach. No problem.

--
Juhana

Pizza Girl. said:

We have organic grown vegetable farms too. Right beside major roads where
the fumes settle on them.

<LOL> More weird science. Exhaust "fumes" are gases that are hot. They
don't settle; they rise and disperse. If they settled, there'd be no smog.

Pastorio

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[email hidden] wrote:
:: romaine lettuce is very low in pesticides but spinach should be
:: discarded for something else.
::
:: Google pesticides +romaine lettuce
::
:: Then you can do your own research instead of searching the
:: newsgroups for your answers.
::
:: On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 04:15:34 GMT, "Cubit" <[email hidden]> wrote:
::
::: I'll bet the pesticide is not water soluble.
:::
::: I'm going to cross post this into a smarter newsgroup.
:::
:::
::: "Jarron" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
::: news:[email hidden]...
:::
:::: What's the best way to wash vegetables like romaine lettuce and
:::: spinach to make sure they are freeof pesticides and other stuff?
:::: Thanks.
::::
:::
:: Romaine lettuce is very low in pesticides but spinach should be left
:: in the store and a substitute used.
::
:: Google pesticides +romaine lettuce
::
:: Then you can do your own research instead of searching the
:: newsgroups for your answers.
::
:: Ora

Where I live it is easy to find organic spinach. No problem.

--
Juhana

"Bob (this one)" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Quoted message said:

We have organic grown vegetable farms too. Right beside
major roads where
the fumes settle on them.

Quoted message said:

<LOL> More weird science. Exhaust "fumes" are gases that
are hot. They don't settle; they rise and disperse. If
they settled, there'd be no smog.

True but all the asbestos from brake linings (or have they
gotten rid of that?) and the solid particulate matter in the
fumes (which will settle) can't be doing the organic veggies
much good...

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Opinicus said:

"Bob (this one)" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

We have organic grown vegetable farms too. Right beside major roads
where
the fumes settle on them.

Quoted message said:

<LOL> More weird science. Exhaust "fumes" are gases that are hot. They
don't settle; they rise and disperse. If they settled, there'd be no
smog.

True but all the asbestos from brake linings (or have they gotten rid of
that?) and the solid particulate matter in the fumes (which will settle)
can't be doing the organic veggies much good...

Particulates that pass through catalytic converters that fry everything
at 1200°F or better? No asbestos any more in new cars, but older ones
may still have some. There *are* solids that cars leave behind - tires.
Did you ever wonder where all that black stuff is from the millions and
millions of tires as they wear? There are bacteria that eat all that
synthetic rubber and save the planet for the duckies and Bambi...

Pastorio

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Particulates that pass through catalytic converters that fry everything
at 1200°F or better?

[...]

What about old catalytic converters, after 7-8,000 kilometers?

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Enrico C said:

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Particulates that pass through catalytic converters that fry everything
at 1200°F or better?

[...]

What about old catalytic converters, after 7-8,000 kilometers?

Theoretically, it shouldn't matter. That's not a lot of travel distance;
hardly enough to be a threshold of failure.

Where I live in the U.S., part of the inspection procedure is to check
its function. If it doesn't work properly, the car can't legally be driven.

Pastorio

I guess those 30,000 tonnes per day of lead additives used to float into
outer space also?

Now I know why I cannot see some of these bozo's posts.
LOL

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Particulates that pass through catalytic converters that fry everything
at 1200°F or better?

[...]

What about old catalytic converters, after 7-8,000 kilometers?

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Pizza Girl. said:

I guess those 30,000 tonnes per day of lead additives used to float into
outer space also?

Those lead additives were *gases* when they came out of the exhaust
pipes. Like carbon dioxide is a gas even though it has carbon in it.
What did you think...? That bits of lead fell out of cars and littered
the ground? I bet that was the thumping noises we all heard when cars
drove by. Honkin great chunks of lead falling onto the ground, tumbling
along the streets, making a fearful racket...

Tetraethyl lead created upper atmosphere pollution and contributed to
smog, not dust on the rutabagas. It was exhausted as volatile lead
bromide which is toxic to breathe. Learn some chemistry to go along with
the biology you also don't know.

Quoted message said:

Now I know why I cannot see some of these bozo's posts.
LOL

You can't see them because they're all so far over your head.

Pastorio

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"Enrico C" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

Bob (this one) wrote

Quoted message said:

Particulates that pass through catalytic converters that fry everything
at 1200°F or better?

[...]

What about old catalytic converters, after 7-8,000 kilometers?

Vehicle exhaust contain solid particulate matter that settles beside the
road. This is the stuff that turns snow black.

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Pizza Girl. said:

We have organic grown vegetable farms too. Right beside major roads where
the fumes settle on them.

<LOL> More weird science. Exhaust "fumes" are gases that are hot. They
don't settle; they rise and disperse. If they settled, there'd be no smog.

Pastorio