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ExpandI should do better -- I admit, I'm not that concerned about pesticides, but I definitely do not want e.coli.
e. coli in vegetables can't necessarily be washed off. If it's in the water it gets into the plant cells. As in the baby spinach-related outbreak 10 years ago, cooking thoroughly does kill e.coli but washing alone did not - all that baby spinach was supposedly triple-washed and ready to eat!
ExpandI should do better -- I admit, I'm not that concerned about pesticides, but I definitely do not want e.coli.
e. coli in vegetables can't necessarily be washed off. If it's in the water it gets into the plant cells. As in the baby spinach-related outbreak 10 years ago, cooking thoroughly does kill e.coli but washing alone did not
