SeahorseTreble@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoDo all fruits have bugs inside them, or do most commercial fruits in fact not have any bugs?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down14
arrow-up160arrow-down1message-squareDo all fruits have bugs inside them, or do most commercial fruits in fact not have any bugs?SeahorseTreble@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareDogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down10·1 year agoPesticides keep the bugs off commercial fruit. Think carefully about that though… imagine spraying toxic chemicals on your food so nothing wants to eat it.
minus-squaredorkian_gray@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·edit-21 year agoWhen the bugs develop soap, we’ll have to find another way to deter them. Until then, wash your fruits and veggies.
minus-squareDandroid@dandroid.applinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoThe pesticides break down into salt and water, and anything left we can wash off.
Pesticides keep the bugs off commercial fruit.
Think carefully about that though… imagine spraying toxic chemicals on your food so nothing wants to eat it.
When the bugs develop soap, we’ll have to find another way to deter them. Until then, wash your fruits and veggies.
The pesticides break down into salt and water, and anything left we can wash off.
Define “salt”