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Cirsium

(4,318 posts)
4. Useless
Fri Jul 10, 2026, 05:47 PM
18 hrs ago

That report from the dietician is useless. "It just can't be removed by just... you know, washing your hands." Then "so the best that we can really do is, um, be very smart about our own handwashing and the types of produce that we buy." Then "we find it in mostly the leafy vegetables" which according to her include raspberries "you know, they have the little nooks and crannies in them that's really hard to clean" and snow peas. Say what?

"Um, so the best recommendations because we can't rid it, we can't kill it by water or any sort of chemical. The only way to kill it is to cook it. So, some strategies around how to still eat our produce is, you know, buying the full head of lettuce or leafy vegetable and pulling off kind of the exterior leaves and then really washing... the inside as best that you can." Huh?

This is extremely disturbing. The source needs to be traced and identified (unless Musk fired all of the experts.) You can't just guess and spread this sort of idiotic advice when public health is at risk. Don't eat raw fruit or vegetables for two months until it goes away? Reminds me of Trump's "it will just magically go away" nonsense about COVID.

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Just now saw this. I'll fix it. ShazzieB 11 hrs ago #6
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