Guest guest Posted February 6, 2007 Report Share Posted February 6, 2007 It was not aimed at anyone - just what someone I know says. To me 'laziness' is not an insult anyway - being lazy can be good :-) Jo , peter VV <swpgh01 wrote: > > Maybe you do, as long as you are not aiming that at anyone on here? > I still maintain that it is not always necessary to wash anything grown above ground, unless they have visible contamination if you have grown it yourself. > > The Valley Vegan............... > > heartwerk <jo.heartwork wrote: > 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 > > > > - > > <swpgh01@>peter VV > > I think he was joking? > > to a certain extent. > > > > jo <<jo.heartwork@>jo.heartwork@> wrote: > > Double yuk!!! > > > > - > > " *mona " <<ahnochirah@>ahnochirah@> > > > 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. > > Peter H > > > > > New Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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