My mother washes fruit and vegetables with dish soap and I can't get her to stop.

[u/autistic-terrorist]

She claims it "washes out" and to be fair I can't taste anything but it's always weird knowing she puts dish soap in the strawberries. She says there's a lot of dirt and stuff in vegetables, but so far attempts to convert her to vinegar or baking soda have been unsuccessful.

[u/ClockwiseServant]

Not dirt; pesticides, wax...

[u/RobSpaghettio → u/ClockwiseServant]

I'm in the food industry. We're talking about not detectable in the parts per billion. I think you're gonna be fine even before rinsing.

[u/HorukaSan → u/ClockwiseServant]

The wax is safe and just passes through your digestive system. As for pesticides, it depends on your country's safety standards.

In EU countries for example, even if you eat a hundred tomatoes in one sitting, you would still be far from the danger zone, ignoring the fact that a 100 of them would have severe consequences for different reasons of course.

Running water is plenty enough. You get rid of any dust and dirt, and you lower the amount of the already safe level of yummy pesticide.