Guest guest Posted July 14, 2002 Report Share Posted July 14, 2002 In a message dated 7/13/02 2:20:02 PM, Gettingwell writes: << why would anyone want to put dish soap onto their fruit & vegetables is beyond me, bad enough that we use something like that to clean out dishes. >> What I've read is that you want to use some kind of grease dissolving cleaner because most pesticides are lipid based -- thus plain water won't cut it. Namaste, Liz <A HREF= " http://www.csun.edu/~ecm59556/Healthycarb/index.html " > http://www.csun.edu/~ecm59556/Healthycarb/index.html</A> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 14, 2002 Report Share Posted July 14, 2002 soap smothers the critters.... and is preferred before a pesticide Bon In a message dated 7/14/2002 4:54:11 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Ecmillerreid writes: << In a message dated 7/13/02 2:20:02 PM, Gettingwell writes: << why would anyone want to put dish soap onto their fruit & vegetables is beyond me, bad enough that we use something like that to clean out dishes. >> What I've read is that you want to use some kind of grease dissolving cleaner because most pesticides are lipid based -- thus plain water won't cut it. Namaste, Liz <A HREF= " http://www.csun.edu/~ecm59556/Healthycarb/index.html " > http://www.csun.edu/~ecm59556/Healthycarb/index.html</A> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 14, 2002 Report Share Posted July 14, 2002 In a message dated 7/14/2002 10:59:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time, starrisg writes: << <BonnieBar > soap smothers the critters.... and is preferred before a pesticide Wouldn't it be nice if farmers sprayed crops with soap (cheaper too) and all we had to do was bring them home and rinse them. Starris >> Really! sure would! It's my understanding that chemical company's that service private homes do use soap.... unfortunately, other chemicals also. So at least we know to ask what they're using.. I use ivory soap (bought a new ortho dispenser to use which measures the amount sprayed) and use 1/4 tablespoon per gallon sprayed on everything i can. it works, but has to be used sooooo often... like every other day... and after a rain. Bon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 14, 2002 Report Share Posted July 14, 2002 amen and amen , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 14, 2002 Report Share Posted July 14, 2002 - <BonnieBar > soap smothers the critters.... and is preferred before a pesticide Wouldn't it be nice if farmers sprayed crops with soap (cheaper too) and all we had to do was bring them home and rinse them. Starris --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.373 / Virus Database: 208 - Release 7/1/02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2002 Report Share Posted July 15, 2002 In a message dated 14/07/02 09:54:10 GMT Daylight Time, Ecmillerreid writes: > What I've read is that you want to use some kind of grease dissolving > cleaner > because most pesticides are lipid based -- thus plain water won't cut it. > > I use an ozone friendly dish soap, perhaps I will read the ingredients and use that! Marianne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2002 Report Share Posted July 15, 2002 In a message dated 14/07/02 15:32:28 GMT Daylight Time, BonnieBar writes: > soap smothers the critters.... and is preferred before a pesticide > > Bon > OK - the very little inorganic produce that I use will be 'soaped' in future. marianne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 15, 2002 Report Share Posted July 15, 2002 In a message dated 14/07/02 17:18:14 GMT Daylight Time, BonnieBar writes: > Really! sure would! It's my understanding that chemical company's that > service private homes do use soap.... unfortunately, other chemicals also. > > So at least we know to ask what they're using.. I use ivory soap (bought a > > new ortho dispenser to use which measures the amount sprayed) and use 1/4 > tablespoon per gallon sprayed on everything i can. it works, but has to be > > used sooooo often... like every other day... and after a rain. This is very interesting and I wish I had known about it when I was visiting the US - can you tell me more about this dispense please. Thanks Marianne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 16, 2002 Report Share Posted July 16, 2002 I use basic H. I accidentally drank some once and it didn't harm me, this is not to say that I'd do it again! Tamika Polk personal email and MSN TAMIKAPOLK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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