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American education is that everything needs to be sterilized, irradiated, and wrapped in plastic. However it does not seem to matter how the food was created wi
by kornhole 4y ago
American education is that everything needs to be sterilized, irradiated, and wrapped in plastic. However it does not seem to matter how the food was created with growth hormones, antibiotics, preservatives, and other questionable ingredients.
Some of this might be due to the influence of big ag on our education, media and regulatory systems. These measures definitely benefit the big factories and impose excessive burdens on the small local farms.
- rtpg 4y agoPeople like saying this kind of stuff to imply that, like, steak tartar is safe. The fact of the matter is that yes, all things being equal, things like actually cooking food or not leaving things out at ambient temperature make it safer to eat. The problem with food science is that you can have terrible food hygiene and still survive for a long time! This sort of stuff doesn’t instantly kill you
- shalmanese 4y agoIronically, irradiation is largely illegal in the US whereas it's routinely performed in the EU.