I’m pretty sure I’d rather remove the dirt from my vegetables, but you do you. You can also read the studies that show mechanical action (brushing, rubbing) un

I’m pretty sure I’d rather remove the dirt from my vegetables, but you do you. You can also read the studies that show mechanical action (brushing, rubbing) under running water effectively reduces the bacteria count https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0362028X22073124?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0362028X2... It’ll never be sterile, but it doesn’t need to be for a healthy human. Probably shouldn’t be either.