Guest guest Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 All that you have said still leads me to believe that you would be better off washing everything. May I ask why you don't wash? I know someone who admits it is just pure laziness. Jo , yarrow wrote: > > [big smiley face] > > I really don't worry about anything I might pick up in my veganic > garden. Certainly not E. coli (no cows, no cow manure)! We did have a > cat who patrolled for roof rats, but I never found cat poop anywhere. > > Insects? They're everywhere, and if I wanted to worry about insect > poop or footprints, I'd be more concerned about produce from the > store, or even from the farmers' market, since those insects have > probably picked up minute quantities of human pathogens from all the > handling etc. (not to mention actual human hands, crawling with > pathogens, that have handled it at various stages of picking, > packing, setting out for sale, shopping). > > And that's just for the organically grown produce. The majority of > pesticides cannot even be washed off, if you're not buying strictly > organic. > > As for dog poop, well, as with anyone else who has a dog, I handle it > several times a day anyway (albeit separated from my hands with a > couple layers of plastic or a 4-ft. pole), and of course I breathe it > in several times a day. (You do know that if you can smell a > substance, you're actually breathing in particles of it?) The dog > poop isn't anywhere near my garden, though. > > Planes dumping their fuel? That means it's already in the air and > water. So by washing it, there's an infinitesimal chance you might > even be adding to the toxic load. > > Bird poop? I've been pooped on by birds, and I survived. I can see > any bird poop on my tomatoes, since I live in a climate where it does > not rain in the summer, so I either compost the tomato (if it's a > cherry tomato) or else rinse it off. > > Anyway, this is all to say that I don't worry about any of this, and > anything from my garden has a much much lower yuck factor than > anything I might buy. In the big picture, what is worth paying > attention to is the basic stuff, such as hand washing after going to > the bathroom, staying away from the most-toxic produce (the > Environmental Working Group has published lists of which have the > most and least pesticide residues, and last Feb. Consumer Reports > used this data to recommend what's worth buying organic), favoring > organically grown as much as possible (some studies have shown OG > produce is more nutritious and tastes better), and, of course, eating > lots of fruits and vegetables. > > > jo wrote, > I certainly hope so. When you think of birds flying over and > pooping, and planes dumping their fuel and insects crawling over the > dog poo and then onto the fruit and veg - may I just repeat 'yuk'. > > Jo > > - > <swpgh01peter VV > I think he was joking? > to a certain extent. > > jo <<jo.heartworkjo.heartwork wrote: > Double yuk!!! > > - > " *mona " <<ahnochirahahnochirah > > That's what I was thinking !! LOL ... > > > > fraggle <EBbrewpunx@> wrote: > > > you mean you expect me to take every veggie from my garden > > inside and wash it before i eat it???! > > > that would just cut waaaaaaay down on my grazing.... > > > and foraging > > > > > > > > > >jo <jo.heartwork@> > > > >I think you can get enough B12 from the dirt on unwashed > > vegetables - but you can also get other things from them - like > > > >e-coli, worms eggs etc. If you have birds, cats or wild animals > > > >in the vicinity they will have pooped on your vegetables > > > >sometime recently. I wouldn't relish eating any veg unwashed. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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