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Comment by traceroute66

Yeah, erm.

You should only ever eat fruit skins if the fruit is organic and the skin is clean.

At this point I think its safe to say there are hundreds of scientific studies out there telling you why. This is one example[1].

I quote from their abstract:

    Notably, the distribution of pesticides in the apple peel and pulp layers is visualized through Raman imaging, confirming that the pesticides penetrate the peel layer into the pulp layer (∼30 μm depth). Thus, the risk of pesticide ingestion from fruits cannot be avoided by simple washing other than peeling.

[1] https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c01513

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