Scrubbing bubbles shine your squash

VIDEO CNN's Jeanne Moos digs up the dirt on the story. Real 28K 80K Windows Media 28K 80K

June 7, 2000
Web posted at: 1:25 p.m. EDT (1725 GMT)

NEW YORK (CNN) -- It's not enough that we wear clean clothes. A home products giant thinks we ought to wash our fruit, too.

Procter & Gamble, makers of Tide and Cheer, is introducing a mass-market detergent designed to rid fruits and vegetables of dirt, wax and fingerprints.

It's safe, it's natural and best of all -- hey, I can see myself in this bunch of bananas.

For more US news, myCNN.com will bring you news from the areas and subjects you select.

Procter & Gamble

Note: Pages will open in a new browser window

External sites are not endorsed by CNN Interactive.