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All foodstuffs are contaminated with germs, unless you go to extraordinary effort to prevent it (e.g. intense gamma radiation.) Unless there is some particul

All foodstuffs are contaminated with germs, unless you go to extraordinary effort to prevent it (e.g. intense gamma radiation.) Unless there is some particular reason to care (you're a hospital feeding people who had their bone marrow nuked by cancer/chemo), then the correct solution is to stop caring. Who ever heard of people dropping dead because they brewed their tea with sub-boiling water? This isn't happening, it's not something you should worry about.

thfuran 3y ago
People mostly get by fine without boiling their salads but they do occasionally get e coli or something.
- vba616 3y ago
  They occasionally get hepatitis or something and die. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi-Chi%27s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi-Chi%27s Oddly, the restaurants are gone, but there is salsa using the brand in some supermarkets still. I wouldn't buy it, even though it presumably is just someone else using the logo.
  - phito 3y ago
    They still exist in my country! (Belgium)
- stametseater 3y ago
  That's widely understood, but I hope nobody is boiling their salads in response to that statistic. Maybe tomorrow I'll trip on my shoelace and crack my skull open on the sidewalk, but I'm not going to wear a helmet just in case. There is an endless supply of extremely low probability ways to die, but if you spend your time worrying about all that crap you'll ironically hasten your own demise by stressing yourself out. Round those small possibilities down to zero and stop worrying about it.
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taraparo 3y ago
they even found salmonella in tea. to kill them one would need to heat the tea constantly above 70 degree Celsius over a period of ten minutes.
- punnerud 3y ago
  71°C for 1/2min to kill salmonella, instantly with 74. 10min is around 64°C. Remember that the cup often cool down the water 10-15 degrees. So the water should not be under 90°C from the boiler to be safe.
Vecr 3y ago
Do they really use gamma, or just electron beams like in a TV tube?
- tedunangst 3y ago
  Either.
- ceejayoz 3y ago
  Gamma rays are definitely used. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_irradiation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_irradiation

thfuran 3y ago

People mostly get by fine without boiling their salads but they do occasionally get e coli or something.

vba616 3y ago
They occasionally get hepatitis or something and die. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi-Chi%27s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi-Chi%27s Oddly, the restaurants are gone, but there is salsa using the brand in some supermarkets still. I wouldn't buy it, even though it presumably is just someone else using the logo.
- phito 3y ago
  They still exist in my country! (Belgium)
stametseater 3y ago
That's widely understood, but I hope nobody is boiling their salads in response to that statistic. Maybe tomorrow I'll trip on my shoelace and crack my skull open on the sidewalk, but I'm not going to wear a helmet just in case. There is an endless supply of extremely low probability ways to die, but if you spend your time worrying about all that crap you'll ironically hasten your own demise by stressing yourself out. Round those small possibilities down to zero and stop worrying about it.
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taraparo 3y ago

they even found salmonella in tea. to kill them one would need to heat the tea constantly above 70 degree Celsius over a period of ten minutes.

punnerud 3y ago
71°C for 1/2min to kill salmonella, instantly with 74. 10min is around 64°C. Remember that the cup often cool down the water 10-15 degrees. So the water should not be under 90°C from the boiler to be safe.

Vecr 3y ago

Do they really use gamma, or just electron beams like in a TV tube?

tedunangst 3y ago
Either.
ceejayoz 3y ago
Gamma rays are definitely used. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_irradiation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_irradiation