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Re:Traces of 122 different pesticides in 12 most polluted fr... by bawolff on Saturday October 02, 2021 @06:18PM (#28732607)
42% of people are obesse in usa. That seems like very obviously the more immediate risk by many orders of magnitude. The risk of pesticides (that are within legal limits) is a bit more nebulous, but seems almost certainly nowhere near as pervasive as obesity. If you have a known risk that's significant, probably best to focus there.

However is this really the trade off? For the most part you can't really buy pesticide free food that's unhealthy.

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Re:Traces of 122 different pesticides in 12 most polluted fr... by esyir on Sunday October 03, 2021 @07:08AM (#28736209)
Sure I can. I can murder myself with pesticide free, ethically raised double cheeseburgers.

It's quite easy to find unhealthy food with the standard list of virtuous labels. Go to any high end restaurant, you'll probably get just that.

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