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Safer Food

Grabbing raw fruit, giving it a wipe on your shirt, and munching away sounds like a fair way to maintain your healthy five-a-day habit.

But that quick wipe isn't enough to clean off the pesticides and bacteria invisibly coating your wholesome snack.

Let's look at the pesticide risk first.

RESIDUE DANGER

Why should we care about removing pesticide residues from our food?

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