Is it worth washing fresh fruit and veg?

[bamboostalks]

I ask because I genuinely wonder what others do? I read this article which said that washing produce in cold water did not get rid of any sprayed nasties and that you have to do it in hot water which of course would semi cook them. You can buy these veg cleaners (I think they are like washing up liquid although have never seen them) which clean off the sprays. Anybody use these?
Also some fruits taste horrible after washing, like raspberries, all water logged.
Any ideas? This is bothering me.

I was thinking of posting similar bamboostalks, I tend to just give stuff a quick drizzle under the tap unless it's muddy or theres a possibility of insecets and then spend ages drying it with bounty or a tea towel.
Don't like the sound of veg cleaner it sounds chemically in itself.

They use the veg cleaner stuff here (s Italy)
Not me. That way madness lies, I'd say....

i just cook em

and i am not dead yet

Speaking as an ex fruit-grower here . . .
Farmers nowadays use the minumum possible number of chemicals on produce, and only in response to a particular problem, ot "just in case". Any chemicals which are sprayed on produce has a "harvest interval" and produce may not be picked / harvested until that amount of time has passed. This can be a number of days, or even weeks in a few cases. By the time this time-interval has elapsed, the chemical has bio-degraded until nothing (or next to nothing) is left. In addition, samples of all produce, from all farms, are regularly subjected to residue testing, which checks for any trace chemicals which would indicate that harvest intervals have not been adhered to. Any failure of residue testing is a serious problem for the farmer, and I think I only heard of one case in ten years of farming.
Personally, I only wash fruit or veg to take any visible dirt off of them.

I have given up washing fruit except for grapes. I read that grapes are amongst the most sprayed fruits.
I thinly peel carrots.
Any others are just handed over to the DDs who all seem fairly normal, well actually........

Like FromGirders - I just wash to remove dirt not chemicals.

I give root veggies a quick scrub with an old nail brush to get any remaining mud off, and everything else just gets a quick rinse under a cold tap. So far, so good

FromGirders - that's so interesting! Thanks

I feel reassured by that, thanks. Kept thinking that I was being very neglectful.