Study Affirms Water Effective for Reducing Trace Pesticide Residues on Produce, Finds Produce Washes Not Effective as They Claimed
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Assessing Washing Methods for Reduction of Pesticide Residues in Tomatoes and Other Produce Using LC/MS and GC/MS Authors
Various washing protocols have been assessed for efficacy using Agilent LC/MS and GC/MS instrumentation to measure pesticide residues in tomatoes and other produce. Washing procedures in water and various solutions, with and without sonication, were evaluated in the laboratory. In general, the effect of sonication depended on the washing treatment and on the pesticide. A separate experiment mea...
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