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[–] badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

We're supposed to do what now?

[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 44 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Seriously, you need to wash any fruit or vegetable that you don't peel first or you'll be eating pesticides

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Carrots often are covered in feces (manure) and the very ugly bacteria that comes with that. No joke.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Or dirt and dust, or animal sneeze, or bird poop.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago

And if it’s exposed in a bin in a grocery store it’s been handled by some dude who took a shit and didnt wash his hands almost definitely.

[–] Rothe@piefed.social 11 points 2 weeks ago

Or feces from the hands of the underpaid workers with no access to toilet facilities, who picked the produce.

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone -3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Assuming that said berry, fruit, or vegetable has been poisoned, which is not always the case...

[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

It will be for pretty much every produce you can buy in supermarkets though.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd recommend washing berries with a mix of water and vinegar. They last much longer. Often the punnets have air holes or rinshign holes already so you can just submerge the fruit without unpacking and let it air dry after removal.

[–] kaulquappus@feddit.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

Did that with my blueberries last night B)

Won't see me on no hospital floor.