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Looking at the pesticide scores, one should not eat any fruit/vegetable without peeling if it has any.

Surprised this comment is so low, was searching for it. Many fruits that you commonly peel can even contain both waxes and pesticides to keep insects out. You aren’t even able to wash it effectively.

Things like cantaloupes, oranges, etc are famous for harboring bad bacteria and pesticides. Does not seem worth the risk to me…

I used to watch people collect dandelions and weeds in NYC parks to make into tea and consume in other ways. I’m sure there are some benefits but I’m also sure they don’t outweigh the risks from pollutants.

My exact thoughts reading trough this thread. Where are people even getting their bananas from if they feel comfortable eating the skin? I don't even compost them because I don't want all that toxic shit in my garden.

That is why you wash your food before eating it same as you do with legumes and rice (that likely also have had pesticide on them).

In South Korea (where I used to live for a while) it's quite common to wash fruit with soapy water at home before eating them.

But peanuts and white rice, the most common ones have already been 'peeled'

You need to rinse rice though, a lot of people don't realize that.

You do that to get the starch out and get a better result don't you? That's what I rinse my rise for at least

You don't "need" to. It just achieved a culinary effect

The culinary effect of not serving dirty food.

both a culinary choice (do I want sticky or non-sticky rice) and rinsing off contaminants (who knows who/what urinated on it even if only microscopic amounts are left, seriously)

Unfortunately a lot leaks in. Grapeskins are particularly porous for instance. So are most of the dirty dozen iirc.

Skins are healthy, but only if organic and/or clean fifteen.

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