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

We're supposed to do what now?

[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 39 points 3 days 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 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days 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 10 points 3 days 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 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

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

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 7 points 3 days 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 3 points 3 days ago

Did that with my blueberries last night B)

Won't see me on no hospital floor.