How much do you have to wash fruit and vegetables to remove the farmers chemicals to make them safe to eat?

Question: How much do you have to wash fruit and vegetables to remove the farmers chemicals to make them safe to eat?
- Keywords:
  chemical,
  fruit,
  vegetable,
  wash
Asked by race44bat to Min, Marcello, Katie, Israel, Dheeraj, Aoife on 18 Nov 2019. This question was also asked by hawk44bat.
- Marcello Valente answered on 18 Nov 2019:
  
  You generally want to wash for 40 – 60 seconds under running tap water.
- Aoife McHugh answered on 18 Nov 2019:
  
  Rinsing under running tap water is perfectly okay. No need to wash with soap or anything.
- Min Yap answered on 18 Nov 2019:
  
  Rinsing them under tap water should be sufficient. You don’t have to use any detergents, it’s just to get rid of any residues on the surfaces.
- Israel Ikoyi answered on 19 Nov 2019:
  
  General, you should rinse the fruits in water and that will do
- Dheeraj Rathore answered on 19 Nov 2019:
  
  You can wash you fruits and vegetables to remove the chemicals/other hazards which are on the surface. But, most of the chemicals are systemic, which means that they are absorbed by the plants and circulate inside the plants while they grow. This is a mechanism that helps in controlling the diseases/pests throughout the growing season. However the drawback is that there are traces left from these, which enters into our food cycle. This is why we need more genetically resistant crop varieties.