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Default Air contaminants on produce


Dee Randall wrote:
> >>>A very good point! That alone should be reason to wash all produce.
> >>>Another contaminant some don't think of is the air itself. Air is a
> >>>host for all types of pollutants and contaminants some of which settle
> >>>on produce.
> >>
> >>
> >> Are the contaminates in the air worse going into the intestinal tract
> >> than into the lungs? Am I missing something?

> >
> > Yes, this discussion was about *washing* produce not what you are
> > breathing. In some cases, the residual air contaminants on produce may
> > be worse for you than what you breath in but that is another discussion.

>
> Discussions seem to morph in rfc. But maybe it would be better for an
> interested party to start a discussion about air contaminants on produce.
>
> Can anyone name those residual air contamnants on produce.


Why, you planning on moving to a different planet, or ceasing
breathing?