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Maybe also more pesticides and more wax, unless you buy organic.

• oftenwrong 10y ago
  Depends on where you are. In the US, "organic" apples can be sprayed with pesticides and coated with "wax" (actual wax or other wax-like coatings).
• dragonwriter 10y ago
  > Maybe also more pesticides and more wax, unless you buy organic. In which case it also means more wax [0] and more pesticides [1]. [0] just not petroleum-based [1] but only "organic" pesticides
  • morsch 10y ago
    Maybe in the US. In Germany (and I assume many other places), organic apples are not waxed, and typically don't have any residual pesticides on them.
• jcranmer 10y ago
  Don't worry, organic means you get only organic pesticides, no synthetic ones. And some organic pesticides are more toxic than synthetic ones (which actually makes a lot of sense when you think about--those evil chemical companies have a vested interest in making things that are safe for humans but unsafe for insects; Mother Nature does not). Worth pointing out, though, that you're quite unlikely to see any health effects from any pesticide residue in either case.