person holding shiny red apple above dozens of other apples in grocery produce department - Wang Yukun/Getty Images You're at the grocery store, eyeing rows of shiny, fresh apples glistening under ...

Apples often have a wax coating to preserve freshness, which can trap pesticides. To remove wax and residues, soak in baking soda water, vinegar solution, or use lemon-salt scrub. Store apples ...

Wax on, wax off. Wax on again. You may have noticed that when you run a knife over a store-bought apple, wax scrapes off — but Kait Thornton (@apple.girl.kait), an apple and pear farmer in Washington ...