I am constantly amazed that I have managed to live for so long. I eat a lot of salad, my main meal most days, never ever wash any of those 'pillow' packs of lettuce, etc. Nor cucumbers, sometimes remember to rinse peppers under tap, but not always.
I ca remember how horrified I was during the start of the Pandemic, when people seemed to be using an inordinate amount of bleach to wash their shopping - and washing down and isolating for days any package delivered to them. I did none of that. I am concerned as to the amount of bleach going into our waterways.
No wonder there are so many real and imagined food tolerances and allergies around. This mania with over-cleanliness is not doing us any good. Our guts need to have chance to build up their own resistances slowly.