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Will the vegetables be cleaner with hot water?

Male  36 years old 2020-05-10
Would it be cleaner if the vegetables were washed with hot water? I think this can melt away the pesticide?

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  • BY Mamie Doris 2020-05-10
    Vegetables washed with hot water will indeed be cleaner, because as the temperature increases, the decomposition of carbamate insecticides accelerates, so some vegetables and fruits that are difficult to handle by other methods can be heated to remove some pesticides, such as celery , Beans, green peppers, etc. The method is to first clean the surface dirt with clean water, put it in boiling water and remove it for 2-5 minutes. According to experiments, this method can remove more than 50%-90% of pesticide residues. But this will also cause the loss of vegetable nutrition.
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