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human
ELI5: When we rinse fruits and vegetables, are we accomplishing anything?

If I rinse an apple in my sink under cold water for ten seconds with no soap (like lots of people do), am I just wasting water? Or would anything actually be cleaned off? This is so much less of a robust cleaning then we're told to do in other circumstances, like handwashing.
gpt
You are most definetly accomplishing something. Cold water, assuming it is clean, generally rinse off dust and particles and the microbes associated with it, leaving much less for your eminent immune system to deal with. 

Soap? Does anyone use soap on their fruit and vegs?!? That sounds like a bad idea.