To not wash my fruit and veg

Always.

Slugs love bird & rat shit, my friends courtyard had loads of pigeons pooping in it, then the slugs would come out at night to feast. Made me feel quite queasy !

Only rinse visible dirt.

To those saying what's the harm - it's a waste of water, washed berries are disgusting, washed berries in bicarb are even more disgusting and as for leeks washed with a little bit of fairy liquid...

I mean, I do when i remeber to, and i don't when i forget!

Ohh thanks ! I will use this

I always wash them. To me it seems like common sense, washing may remove something that it's better to remove like germs, bacteria, dirt. Washing has potential benefits and no drawbacks that I can see (unless the tap water is poisoned, but that's a different issue).

People wrongly think that because they've never washed their food and never got ill that means they never will. That's not how it works, because the people who never washed their food, got ill and died are not around to talk about it.

If you buy an apple from the supermarket you have no idea who has touched it, sneezed over it, dropped it on the floor and put it back. Washing might clean some of the invisible mess or might not.

To me, eating an apple without washing it is like licking a door handle. Yeah, everyone who has touched it might have had clean hands, but you don't know that. All it takes is one person.

Nope, I don't eat outside the house unless I can see the food being prepared, and who is preparing it, and I only eat at trusted friends' houses. I've got a type of cancer which affects my immune system so it's simply not worth the risk to be honest! And, as for pre-packed salads and fruit, absolutely not - especially bagged salad! 😱

Nope. Never bothered. I also rarely wash my hands before I cook or eat, and it really doesn’t bother me.

Never rinse it, unless it has mud on it

I grew up eating dirty carrots raw from sacks from the "carrot man" that came to our stables in a dirty old van every couple of weeks, i think i'll be ok 😂

Thanks, this is good to know

Wash in salty water

Loose stuff yes because other people rummage through the totes picking out the best peppers or whatever and as seen on here, many are proud to state they don't wash their hands after the loo so....

Packaged stuff generally no bar visible mud on leeks etc but in such cases I use a little bit of Fairy with water as if you just rinse it that's not cleaning, that's just getting the leeks wet.

Slug slime, the people picking might have been to the toilet and not washed their hands, worms in soil, pesticides, bird poo, manure, ecoli, the list goes on! I would never eat unwashed

I’ll take the “it’s better than nothing” stance like a previous poster. It’s chemicals I’m worried about rather than slugs and dirt etc. never thought too much about water resistant chemicals-surely they’re not allowed to use things that can’t be washed off.

It's just 1 teaspoon per 2 cups of water, or there abouts. I just filled up a clean tub with how much solution I need and let the fruit and veg soak for 10-15 mins. Rinse off with water after and done

No I wouldn't eat fruit without at least washing it with water. Even if I don't have sodium bicarbonate, I'd at least wash them. No it doesn't wash off all pesticides etc but it is still better.

Don’t you eat outside your house? I eat a punnet of raspberries a day from sainsbury at work, that I buy with my lunch. That’s not exactly an unusual thing to do

taking bicarbonate to work and filling the scummy work kitchen up with bicarbonate and water to soak them would be quite a bizarre feat, yes 😂

Tbf using bicarb does sound like effort 😆 can you tell me how you do it ? Do you make a solution and let the veg soak or ?

Can't believe how many people don't bother washing fruit and veg!? If even says on packaging to rinse before eating.
I use sodium bicarbonate and water. It doesn't get rid of all the pesticides but plenty of studies have shown that it does remove a good amount. Better than nothing and it's not like it takes much effort or time.

Let's say you went to a buffet....in front of you there are ten people....they all pick up the same sandwich but then put it back down on the platter, the last person drops it on the floor but picks it up and places it back on the platter...when you get to the front of the buffet, would you choose and eat that sandwich?

I wash mine because of threadworms which can be spread by rodents. Ever since I learnt that veg could be contaminated I give it as good a wash as I can. I used to work in a cafe and we had to rinse the salad leaves in a sterilising solution.

Never, I'll occasionally wash them if I've dropped them but never really think about it.

Its never caused me to be ill.

Grapes are one of the few I do wash sometimes, and strawberries if they're really sandy.

Unless there is actual dirt then I don’t usually bother. I do wash them before giving them to my kids though.
when I was pregnant my ocd was insane and I would barely eat anything and the washing I did on lettuce etc was ridiculous

Yes I always wash everything

Your food comes from all over the world, so why would it matter than the uk hasn’t Tb anymore? Someone from any other countries could be coughing on it, peeing on it (humans or animals) being harvested from area with high pollen count or smog or other pollutants. They get picked in various places and standards. On container ships with mice. Etc.

washing with cold water gets rid of surface dirt, dust, urine, bugs v not washing at all. So I definitely would wash still

It’s like if you have muddy hands from the garden. Yes you should wash with hot water and soap. But if you just washed with cold water you would still get 98% off wouldn’t you and your hands would look reasonably clean v just leaving them covered in mud.

Nope. Never have.