Well, yes; that's why I buy apples that haven't been treated in that way. For what it's worth, the nasty coatings you and I don't like are required to be "safe" for human consumption. The best sources I've found all agree that the special washes tend to cling to the fruit. I don't want to eat them any more than I do the waxes and oils.

Have you tried tossing coated apples into hot, then cold water then use a veggie brush to finish getting most of it off the skins? Sometimes I'll do that if I really can't get uncoated fruit.

I tend to buy fruits locally in season and store them in the cool cellar. That doesn't answer your question- but I'd rather circumvent the need to remove such stuff by not buying similarly preserved foods. My preference; it needn't be yours.

maeve