{"id":62117,"date":"2025-10-16T10:40:27","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T23:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=62117"},"modified":"2025-10-16T10:40:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T23:40:27","slug":"soaking-in-baking-soda-removes-pesticides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=62117","title":{"rendered":"Soaking In Baking Soda Removes Pesticides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62118\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Soaking_In_Baking_Sode_Removes_Pesticides.jpg\" alt=\"Soaking In Baking Soda Removes Pesticides\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Soaking_In_Baking_Sode_Removes_Pesticides.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Soaking_In_Baking_Sode_Removes_Pesticides-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A study found that soaking fruits and vegetables in a mix of 1 teaspoon baking soda and 2 cups of water for 12\u201315 minutes removes 96\u201399% of pesticides, like thiabendazole and phosmet, from their surface.<\/p>\n<p>This works much better than just rinsing with water or vinegar.<\/p>\n<p>Baking soda\u2019s alkaline nature helps break down and wash away pesticide residue on foods like apples, cucumbers, and grapes, making it a safe and cheap way to clean produce at home.<\/p>\n<p>Quick Tip: Soak your fruits and veggies in the baking soda mix for 12\u201315 minutes, then rinse them with clean water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study found that soaking fruits and vegetables in a mix of 1 teaspoon baking soda and 2 cups of water for 12\u201315 minutes removes 96\u201399% of pesticides, like thiabendazole and phosmet, from their surface. This works much better than just rinsing with water or vinegar. Baking soda\u2019s alkaline nature helps break down and wash &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=62117\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Soaking In Baking Soda Removes Pesticides&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62119,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62117\/revisions\/62119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}