Is the water contained in fruit more or less clean than filtered tap water?

Question

Is the water contained in fruit more or less clean than filtered tap water?

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

Less clean. Any water contained in fruit is going to have a higher level of bacteria and contaminants present than filtered water. Any pesticide it absorbed, any sort of heavy metal the plant absorbed etc.

Edit – arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury are in virtually every plant we consume at low levels. The filter would remove some of this.