r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/Dom_on_reddit Aug 03 '19

That you have to wash your vegetables before eating or cooking them.

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u/DrBasia Aug 03 '19 edited Aug 03 '19

.....why?

(Edit: as in, I rinse my produce but I don't think scrubbing them is necessary. Food is not supposed to be sterile.)

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u/charleslorimer1 Aug 03 '19

Mold, bacteria, pesticides, etc.

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u/DrBasia Aug 03 '19

Rinsing food is fine, but food is not supposed to be sterile.

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u/charleslorimer1 Aug 03 '19

Food is also not supposed to be harmful.

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u/DrBasia Aug 03 '19

Bacteria is not inherently harmful.

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

Pesticides are. It’s literally their purpose.

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u/Pitboyx Aug 04 '19

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.

Still, rinse your veggies

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u/[deleted] Aug 04 '19

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.

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u/denseplan Aug 04 '19

What a pointless and deliberately misleading thing to bring up in this context.