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Posted Wed Jun 25 2008: from University of Idaho, via EurekAlert:
Food Scientists Confirm the Effectiveness of Commercial Product in Killing Bacteria in Vegetable Washwater http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1214430231
The product, sold commercially as FIT Fruit and Vegetable Wash, not only proved much more effective than the commonly used chlorine dioxide but is made from ingredients like citric acid and distilled grapefruit oil that are generally regarded as safe. Chlorine dioxide, whose use in food plants can put workers at risk, was compromised by soils and plant debris in the washwater and killed only 90 percent of the target organisms in the food plant and followup laboratory studies. By contrast, FIT killed 99.9999 percent...
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Chlorines = bad for nature
Citric acids and oils = not as bad + works better.
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