Baking Soda Against Pesticide

Did you know? A simple baking-soda wash can remove substantially more pesticide residue from some fruits and vegetables than plain water. The reason is sodium bicarbonate, an alkaline compound that can help break down certain pesticide residues while the washing process physically removes them from the surface. One of the most cited studies on this came from researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry in 2017. Researchers tested different…