Why your fruit isn't as clean as you think

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]So, they started with organic apples with no pesticides and then they deliberately applied two pesticides, phosmet, which is an organophosphate insecticide, and thiabendazole, which is a systemic fungicide.

[00:00:17]Now, that distinction is critical here because those two behave very differently.

[00:00:22]Phosmet seems to sit more on the surface of the fruit, whereas that thiabendazole, it penetrates deeper into the fruit.

[00:00:30]And that one detail explains almost everything.

[00:00:34]And when they tested tap water, a bleach solution, and a 1% bicarbonate solution, the bicarbonate solution performed the best by a big margin.