Its important to remember though that even organic foods are handled by tens of people with unwashed hands en-route to you though picking, packing, loading onto dirty trucks, unloading, displaying etc. There are a particularly nasty bunch of bacteria you can ingest from unwashed hands that cause diarrhoea and stomach flu. E-coli is the most common bacterial food contaminant from handling – that’s the one that can easily be ingested by licking a toilet bowl.

Thorough washing with cold water kills it. Always worth the effort.

I really dislike people who don’t take their shoes off when they come into my house, particularly if I’ve been to their home and they ask me to take off mine (it’s common courtesy).

Also, hahahahaha:

If you cannot remove your shoes…

Why? If you have a hip problem and can’t bend over? Or perhaps you’ve been wearing the same shoes since 6th grade and your foot has literally grown to become a part of them?

Wash fruits and vegetables before eating them to remove dust, dirt and certain pesticides.

I always wonder…does this apply to organic foods? And are, say, apples, completely non-porous? If not, what’s the point of washing the outsides off?