Timeline for Is it safe to eat fruit with the skin having cleaned it only with water?

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Jul 11, 2018 at 7:33	comment	added	Don_S		There are other practices, such as using vinegar, baking soda and other household chemicals for cleaning fruit and vegetables. I'm not sure there's a definite advantage to these practices. Worth researching new studies in that field.
Jul 11, 2018 at 7:32	comment	added	Don_S		When something is absorbed by the skin, there is nothing you can do to clean it from the outside - you have to get rid of the skin. If you want the surface of the fruit to be clean, water alone will not do the trick for the same reason your hands will not be clean from all sorts of hydrophobic dirt if you wash them with water alone. So washing with soapy water should remove most hydrophilic and hydrophobic dirt, which puts you in a better position than when washing with water alone.
S Jul 10, 2018 at 16:02	history	edited	Chris Rogers		added missing tags
S Jul 10, 2018 at 16:02	history	suggested	mattia.b89		added missing tags
Jul 8, 2018 at 15:23	comment	added	Narusan		1. Most plant skins (citation needed) have an outer layer of cells with semi-permeable membranes. This inhibits any form of molecule to enter the cell and thus the fruit. A simple example: Apply loads of salt to the radish and watch it dry out over time in an effort to achieve similar concentration of salt inside and outside: As NaCl-molecules can’t enter the cell, water has to leave it in order to raise the inner concentration. This is why washing with soap should suffice for both lipophile and hydrophile types of chemicals. (Not an answer because of the citation needed).
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Jul 8, 2018 at 15:01	answer	added	mattia.b89		timeline score: -1
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