http://www.care2.com/greenliving/how-to-clean-your-vegetables.html
How to Clean Your Vegetables
Adapted from Total Renewal: 7 Key Steps to Resilience, Vitality & Long-Term Health, by Frank Lipman, M.D. (Jeremy Tarcher, Putnam, 2003).
Food-borne illness derived from contaminated produce is the largest source of food poisoning.
Susan Sumner, a food scientist at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, developed an effective disinfecting procedure using white vinegar (or cider vinegar) and 3 percent hydrogen peroxide (the same as found at the drugstore). These ingredients are completely non-toxic and inexpensive and work not only on fruit and vegetables but can be used to sanitize counters and preparation surfaces, including wooden cutting boards, as well.
Here are the very simple directions for using these ingredients effectively:
After you put the vinegar and hydrogen peroxide into individual spray bottles:
1. Spray your produce or work surface thoroughly first with vinegar and then with hydrogen peroxide.
2. Then rinse the produce under running water or wipe the surface with a clean wet sponge.
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add your comment »Hydrogen peroxide that you buy at the drugstore typically is at 3% strength already, unless it's the kind specifically for bleaching hair in which case it might be a higher percent. So you don't need to dilute it, the article is just telling you what strength of peroxide to buy for this.
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confused as to vinegar 100% in first spray bottle, and peroxide at 3% mixed with water?
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I have been using a product called "Veggie Wash" The container says it its all natural and made with organic citrus, and it safely removes waxes (Cucumbers ie) chemicals,(insectisides?) and soil (dirt?) Indeed after using it on blueberries, strawberries, tomatoes etc. I am impressed at the stuff that i see in the bowl. How effective it is at removing GERMS I don't really know. Would be intersted in any info out there as to its effectiveness. My family eat a lot of fruits and veggies from heaven only knows where in the world as well as local produce at the Farmer's Market. Wouldn't it be nice to have country of orgin on our produce? Maybe our food prices would go DOWN if we bought more from our local farms rather than absorbing increased GAS PRICES for transporting from so far away.
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