I was always under the impression that disease and pesticide don't usually just "wash off" at home.

maxlybbert a day ago | parent | next [-]

I remember seeing advice, years ago, to let lettuce sit in a weak bleach solution before use. But I doubt that’s ever been followed by many people. Current advice (at least at home) seems to be to rinse lettuce to remove dirt ( https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/safe-handling-of-lettuce-... ). Apparently most health problems from lettuce are on the surface and not particularly hard to get off.

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NetMageSCW a day ago | parent [-]

Which wouldn’t help in this case. It seems like it is time to irradiate produce.

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Maxion a day ago | parent [-]

Or just, you know, grow it in a clean manner, and not turn it into an ultra processed food?

	▲	ndsipa_pomu 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I wouldn't classify bagged salad as an ultra processed food as it's usually just cut and cleaned leaves from the various ingredients. It's not like they pour all the leaves into a machine and get soylent green out of the other end.

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ceejayoz a day ago | parent | prev [-]

This depends on the food and the disease/pesticide in question.