“It is not always possible to find or buy organic fruits and vegetables in today's conditions. In order to purify pesticide residues in foods, the first thing that is usually done at home is to put these foods in vinegar water. However, vinegar water is not effective in reducing pesticide residues, but in reducing the microorganism burden. Studies have done that vinegar water increases the effectiveness of pesticide residues even more. The main purpose of adding vinegar to the washing water is to create an acidic washing environment and to remove the potentially harmful biological factors that can be found on the food in case of inadequate washing. However, many of the pesticides commonly used today cannot be removed from the food due to insufficient washing and are taken into thBe body. This causes pesticides to continue their harmful effects for long periods of time.