After a discussion about health science, we narrowed down the topic of our project to finding what best removes pesticide residue from fruit.  With this topic in mind, we consulted Dr. Tom Wolf from Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada and found that testing fruit with actual pesticides would be too expensive and complicated.  Fortunately, we came up with another alternative; using fluorescent dyes in lieu of pesticides.  Fluorescent dyes were a good choice because their structure was close enough to pesticides to be used to simulate them. We chose Rhodamine and Fluorescein for their different properties. We chose this project because we know that today there is a lot of controversy over how pesticides can be removed from produce and if they need to be.  We found that the topic was of interest to us and related to our own lives.  We were curious to see the results because within our own households, we had different methods of washing our fruit.  We wanted a clear conclusion to this ongoing issue.  We also chose this project because it presented a challenge for us as well as an opportunity to work in a lab, which was a new experience.  In addition, we were excited to work with a professional scientist and a lab technician: Dr. Tom Wolf and Brian Caldwell.