水果还是回家洗洗再吃的好

If you're one of those people who like to sneak a grape or blueberry at the grocery store before filling your bag, just to make sure it's ripe and sweet, here's another reason why you shouldn't — you might be eating some nasty, potentially dangerous particles along with the unwashed fruit.

如果你是那种喜欢在杂货店装满袋子之前偷吃葡萄或蓝莓，只是为了确保它是成熟的和甜的的人，那么这里还有另一个你不应该这样做的原因——你可能会在吃未洗水果的同时吃到一些讨厌的、潜在危险的颗粒物。

There are four excellent reasons why you should always wash produce before eating it or cooking with it: bugs, dirt, bacteria, and pesticides. Even those who aren't gardeners are aware that the package of celery they're holding was actually grown in soil. Some of those soil particles are likely to remain after harvesting, along with a few tiny critters that came along for the ride. If they're not washed off, eating insects, worms, or soil particles won't necessarily make you sick, but will probably contribute a pretty gritty, unappetizing bite to dinner.

有四个很好的理由可以解释为什么你在食用或烹饪农产品之前总是要清洗农产品：虫子、污垢、细菌和杀虫剂。即使那些不是园丁的人也知道他们手中的芹菜实际上是在土壤中种植的。这些土壤颗粒中的一些可能会在收割后残留下来，还有一些小动物会随车而来。如果它们没有被洗掉，吃昆虫、蠕虫或土壤颗粒不一定会让你生病，但很可能会给晚餐带来一口非常粗糙、不好吃的东西。

A bigger problem is the very real possibility that pathogenic bacteria could be living on the surface of your lettuce or bell peppers. Aside from bacteria that are naturally occurring in the soil, there are many other opportunities for fruits and veggies to become contaminated. Even if it looks perfectly clean, it probably isn't. Philip Tierno, Ph.D., a clinical professor of microbiology and pathology at NYU Langone Medical Center, told SELF, "There's a whole host of people that handle raw fruits and vegetables, including the growers, the pickers, the truckers — many hands which contain different types of germs, potentially pathogens."

一个更大的问题是，真正的可能性是，病原菌可能生活在你的生菜或甜椒表面。除了土壤中自然存在的细菌外，水果和蔬菜还有许多其他被污染的机会。纽约大学兰贡医学中心微生物学和病理学临床教授菲利普·蒂尔诺博士告诉赛尔夫说，即使它看起来非常干净，“经手生水果和蔬菜的人很多，包括种植者、采摘者、卡车司机——许多人的手都含有不同类型的细菌，可能是病原体。”

Wash your produce to remove possible pathogens

清洗农产品以清除可能的病原体

Another concern is pesticide residue on the surface of most produce. According to Elizabeth Girouard, certified holistic health coach and founder of Zing Meals, a gourmet meals business (via Reader's Digest), "Most produce is sprayed with herbicides and pesticides to keep the bugs away. Some of the residual pesticides that remain on the outside of the produce can be washed away with water, or a mixture of water and baking soda or vinegar. Many pesticides can be harmful if ingested in large quantities, so washing helps to remove the surface chemicals."

另一个问题是大多数农产品表面的农药残留。据Elizabeth Girouard所说，经认证的整体健康教练、美食企业Zing Founds(读者文摘)的创始人，“大多数农产品都喷洒了除草剂和杀虫剂，以防止虫子进入。残留在农产品外部的一些农药可以用水或水与小苏打或醋的混合物冲洗掉。许多农药如果大量摄入可能有害，因此冲洗有助于去除表面的化学物质。”

Washing is important even when the produce is organic. Certain pesticides, herbicides and fungicides that are approved for use on organic farms, like copper sulfate (a fungicide), can still be dangerous if consumed in large quantities (via Organic Authority). And, organic or not, no produce is exempt from the possibility of bacterial contamination. So, go ahead and wash your produce, no matter where it came from.

即使产品是有机的，清洗也很重要。某些获准在有机农场使用的杀虫剂、除草剂和杀真菌剂，如硫酸铜(一种杀真菌剂)，如果大量使用，仍然可能是危险的。而且，无论有机与否，任何产品都不可能免受细菌污染。所以，不管你的农产品来自哪里，都去清洗吧。