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“The European Union won’t take chicken from America. They won’t take lobsters from America. They hate our beef because our beef is beautiful and theirs is weak. It’s unbelievable” Lutnick told FoxNews (nypost.com)
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[–] melfie@lemmings.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I think the jury is still out on Apeel and I avoid directly consuming it due to reports of it containing small amounts of residual heavy metals that may build up in the body if you’re eating, say, an apple per day over the years. That may not be the case, and maybe it is in fact perfectly safe, but I appreciate that the EU is more cautious and it’s sprayed only on peels that aren’t typically eaten. The corporate-captured US government won’t do us the favor of being cautious like that and is perfectly happy to let companies feed us things that are later proven unsafe, so we have to take our own precautions here because we don’t have the benefit of experts taking these precautions on our behalf.

[–] stray@pawb.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I hope I didn't seem like I disagree with the EU's caution, or that I was minimizing the seriousness of food issues in the US. I just hadn't heard of Apeel before and was really surprised when I looked it up because I was expecting to be horrified. I genuinely hope it is safe, both for the sake of people who don't have a choice and also for the potential value in reducing food waste.

I'm not able to find out whether palladium can be easily rinsed off because Google is desperate to sell me boots, but the company does claim you can wash the fruit, so I hope that's adequate. I do know that lead can be easily washed off, so maybe?

[–] melfie@lemmings.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

No, I like to learn from other peoples’ perspectives and am glad you replied. I do take your point that avoiding food waste is also an important consideration. From my own experience, apples are still fresh and crisp weeks later, whereas before, I would’ve been throwing away entire bags of rotten apples instead of just the skin. It’s also easy to hone in on something like food additives and overlook things like wrapping produce in plastic that you mentioned having possible harmful health effects and definite harmful environmental effects. It’s quite possible that the heavy metals can be washed off, though I’m not sure that is well-studied. I’ll keep peeling my ‘Murican Apeel-coated apples in the meantime.