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“Non-organic strawberries tested by scientists at the Department of Agriculture in 2015 and 2016 contained an average of 7.8 different pesticides per sample, compared to 2.2 pesticides per sample for all other produce, according to EWG’s analysis.”

Environmental Working Group (EWG)

• Begin by wetting your hands with water. The water is needed to ensure the soap lathers against the skin. Any skin-safe temperature of water is effective, however if you have a choice, warm water is best.
  
• Any skin-safe soap can work to wash your hands; the main ingredient in soap that makes it effective is a “surfactant,” which is a product that reduces the surface tension on your skin that is holding a germ onto the surface, thus allowing it to be washed away more easily than with plain water alone.
• If no hand soap is available, body wash or shampoo can work as well. Dish liquid can also work, however laundry soap should only be used as a last resort and only if it is skin-safe (meaning that it does not contain bleach, is not concentrated such as in pods, and specifically says on the product label that it is safe for skin).Apply the soap to your skin and rub all areas repeatedly to lather the soap.
• In addition to the soap working to release the germs from the surface of the skin, rubbing the skin (abrasion) will also help to remove and even kill germs.

“Non-organic strawberries tested by scientists at the Department of Agriculture in 2015 and 2016 contained an average of 7.8 different pesticides per sample, compared to 2.2 pesticides per sample for all other produce, according to EWG’s analysis.”

Environmental Working Group (EWG)