Safety: Travel

: She only ate fruits she could peel, like bananas and mangoes, to avoid contaminated skins.

Just as Elena was about to buy the fruit, she remembered the briefing from her travel group: isn't just about what you eat, but what you carry across borders. That innocent mango could be home to invasive pests like the Oriental fruit fly, which can devastate entire agricultural industries if brought back home. TRAVEL SAFETY

A list of you can take through airport security? : She only ate fruits she could peel,

: Even though the greens looked fresh, she avoided raw salads and cut-up fruit platters that might have been washed in unsafe local water. A list of you can take through airport security

: She even made sure her hiking boots were clean of any farm soil, which can harbor highly contagious animal diseases like foot-and-mouth.