On Fri, 23 May 2003 17:54:28 GMT, Tim Tyler wrote:

In uk.rec.gardening Peter Duncanson wrote:

: When washing plates, cutlery, saucepans and the like, we use water plus some
: form of detergent to ensure thorough cleaning. Why are we less thorough
: when cleaning the things we are about to eat?

The royal "we" - I presume?

No - the general public "we".

There are "produce wash" products for sale - but they have not been found
to be more effective than water:

Perhaps more scientific research is needed. ;-)

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Peter Duncanson
UK