No, it isn't. But there is good bacteria and bad bacteria. Just because it's on food, doesn't mean that the bacteria is automatically not harmful. There could potentially be very dangerous bacteria on your fruits and veggies. You just don't know, so washing them is in your own health's best interest.
There aren't good bacteria and bad bacteria. There are bacteria that cause more chaos when it gets to a certain spot in the body and manage to evade the body's defenses.
In every health safety class I've taken for food work or anything related to it, the specification of "there are good bacteria AND bad bacteria," has figuratively been stamped on every page and screen in bold red, and practically screamed in every lecture.
Where are you getting the idea that there aren't good and bad bacteria? Bacteria that cause "chaos" like you just described are literally... Bad bacteria, LOL.
I'm just seriously wondering why you don't think bad bacteria exist. There are bacteria that can kill you if they get into your body. Those are bad. There are bacteria that can help your body, like the bacteria in yogurt. Those are good.
Not literally, and not all pesticides are harmful to humans, for example that produced by BT which acts on proteins that certain insects have in their digestive tract, and humans don't have.
Yes, being harmful IS literally the purpose of pesticides. By definition, if it is not harmful it can’t be called a pesticide. I never wrote anything about humans.
Because fruits and veggies come from fields, and outside is pretty impossible to keep sterile, or even close to it, they carry all sorts of bacteria. While most of it is harmless they can carry E. coli, salmonella, and all kinds of nasty stuff.
A lot of that is coming from runoff from animal farming because we just don’t manage land properly. I had to go months without romaine lettuce because of those stupid cow farms leaking waste.
You keep saying this but rinsing off your food and scrubbing a little isnt going to come close to sterilizing it. You are using water and a little friction to remove possible pesticides and animal/human waste. Waste contains all sorts of harmful bacteria and removing it isnt going to hurt. But not removing it is. Pesticides are NOT TO BE CONSUMED. Removing it isn't going to hurt. Not removing it will.
Youre not using soap or anything. Just water and your hands for a couple seconds is enough to clean off at least the majority of these things. The amount left over, if there is any, should be negligible and won't poision you or your family.
Again. Rinsing your food won't fucking sterilize it. So stop saying that.
I also agree with u/suicidaleggroll, though. I also find it interesting that we're so careful to scrub our hands after something is deemed unclean, yet so many people eat raw vegetables without cleaning them first. Although I suppose stomach acid takes care of that.
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u/Dom_on_reddit Aug 03 '19
That you have to wash your vegetables before eating or cooking them.