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How do I buy food in the US that I know hasn't been exposed to such pesticides?
I used to get a box of produce from an organic farm that I trusted completely and that I'd visited in person on several occasions. Without that level of transparency (which is available in many places if you look for it) you're going to have a harder time.
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Consider the possibility that human sovereignty doesn't give a good goddamn what's "good for society", only the ability to be free. I'll decide how I want my interactions with the rest of humanity to go, thanks. We'd be 100% safe if we were all in cells with a telescreen, or if we had our brainwaves monitored for aggressive thoughts/disruptive emotions. Think that's too extreme of a comparison? Well, that's where you…
To be cynical regarding that link, there are 2 separate facts presented but not a good explanation of why the two are related. 1) A chinese electricity company began collecting wireless sensor data in 2014 2) In April 2018 their profits were up $315M Did they begin doing more business? Did their competition remain the same? Are they subsidized by the government somehow? So many reasons why a utility company could be…
How do I buy food in the US that I know hasn't been exposed to such pesticides?
Soak all your produce in baking soda water for 10 minutes. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jafc.7b03118?source...
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I'm afraid the case isn't that simple for academic publishing. The authors, i.e., scientists who conducted the research, usually pay a lot of money (typically 1500--2500 USD, depending on the journal) to the journal to get their paper published (of course, after peer review). In this process, neither the authors nor the reviewers get any payment for their work, although they put the most amount of efforts into it. On…
While the system isn't perfect, advocating stealing someones product seems so backwards for a startup accelerators forum. >The publishers did nothing except typesetting, publishing, and maintaining an online database, Lets not act like this is nothing, if the authors wanted they could have self published but likely their results wouldnt be accepted, so not only do they provide the infrastructure, it also provides cre…
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Yes, this is what the endorsers were meaning, and what most people mean when saying it (general populace, marketers, etc). Toxin-free. Poison-free. Dye-free. Fragrance-free. This is the vernacular usage of "chemical free" in the US.
> Toxin-free. Poison-free. Dye-free. Fragrance-free. Artificial toxin/poison/dye/fragrance-free. You can shove as much naturally occurring toxins in the product as you like, and both marketers and regular people will agree it's "chemical-free". And that's side-stepping the whole "artificial" vs. "natural" nonsense. 'spacehome may be pedantic in this context, but in general, he's right - regular people have their mode…
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Buy seeds and grow them yourself.
Careful, though - if you live in an area that's been populated for a long time, that may increase your exposure to lead. Maybe get the soil tested first.
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I'm afraid the case isn't that simple for academic publishing. The authors, i.e., scientists who conducted the research, usually pay a lot of money (typically 1500--2500 USD, depending on the journal) to the journal to get their paper published (of course, after peer review). In this process, neither the authors nor the reviewers get any payment for their work, although they put the most amount of efforts into it. On…
While the system isn't perfect, advocating stealing someones product seems so backwards for a startup accelerators forum. >The publishers did nothing except typesetting, publishing, and maintaining an online database, Lets not act like this is nothing, if the authors wanted they could have self published but likely their results wouldnt be accepted, so not only do they provide the infrastructure, it also provides cre…