Earlier quoted context omitted.
We don’t spray pesticides on fruit to make people sad. Without them then fruit would be inaccessible to many people.
Without pesticides we could create more resistant cultivars.
I think we do both.
Pesticide residues could negate the health benefits of fruits and vegetables
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Re: Pesticide residues could negate the health benefits of fruits and vegetables
#22ultrasonic washer are by far the best way to wash fruits & veges of these things, in Korea ultrasonic washer-sinks are picking up in popularity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-JZkiGigDw&t=261s research citation https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4688301/
The trend of "we fucked up big time and need to create additional waste to take negate our fuck ups" is really worrying.
Installing ultra sonic cleaners, reverse osmosis machines, AC units, &c. in every single of our houses/flats won't be sustainable
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#23This is part of the reason I really want to move out of the U.S. Other countries are much more strict with what they allow in their food. I understand that I can pay more for organic produce and meat, but for a supposedly first-world country, you'd think decent produce would be a given.
Re: Pesticide residues could negate the health benefits of fruits and vegetables
#24ultrasonic washer are by far the best way to wash fruits & veges of these things, in Korea ultrasonic washer-sinks are picking up in popularity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-JZkiGigDw&t=261s research citation https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4688301/
Can you give a specific product recommendation? I did a search and got a lot of junk or questionable results.
Re: Pesticide residues could negate the health benefits of fruits and vegetables
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
We don’t spray pesticides on fruit to make people sad. Without them then fruit would be inaccessible to many people.
Without pesticides we could create more resistant cultivars.
Without antibiotics we could cultivate more resistant humans. That's probably not a situation anyone wants, pencillin was huge for a reason.
Now looking into alternate forms of resistances while still enjoying modern treatments, theres an idea.
Re: Pesticide residues could negate the health benefits of fruits and vegetables
#26I'm stupid and don't understand high pesticide with low pesticide. So those who eat a lot are good and those who eat a little are not?
Also there is a sentence saying that people that don't smoke are more active have lower bmi have hypercholesterolemia.
Is something off or I just can't read Sci studied anymore?
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#27Doesn't say that they controlled for organic fruit (ie low pesticide) being more likely to be chosen by people who are already heath conscious.
Absolutely nothing about organic production implies less pesticide. Opposite is true actually.
I'm curious, can you link to any details of this?
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#28I read a while ago about leek that was stolen while it was still toxic from the pesticides. Apparently the leeks needed some more weeks for the toxins to flush through. Haven't been able to find some other info about this process.
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#29Doesn't say that they controlled for organic fruit (ie low pesticide) being more likely to be chosen by people who are already heath conscious.
Absolutely nothing about organic production implies less pesticide. Opposite is true actually.
Except a lot of data, and stricter rules
See: https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/cocktails-of-pestici....
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#30Can anyone provide a hopeful development update as to what efforts if any are underway in the farming industry to genuinely move past herbicides and pesticides of this kind?
As Sri Lanka recently found, it is difficult to feed all of your people by switching to organic. As much as I appreciate the benefits of organic and do try to buy it when reasonable, I recognize that organic farming takes more land, water, and labor to produce the same volume of food as non-organic. It works for a low volume, premium price model for some people but not for everyone.
I feel like our best bet to reduce the need for pesticides would be using GMO techniques to make our crops resistant to pests but the same people pushing for organics tend to dismiss GMOs out of hand.