You don't know how bad most things are nor precisely how they're bad

Re:You don't know how bad most things are nor precisely how ... by thatcat on Friday August 23, 2024 @05:38PM (#41333341)

I doubt there are chemists sitting at home with an ICP testing heavy metal levels of all their produce. That would be a lot of work and expensive to maintain. In reality no one would even notice the toxicity unless FDA happened to check or someone got sick and traced it back.

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Re:You don't know how bad most things are nor precisely how ... by AnthonyMouse on Friday August 23, 2024 @07:56PM (#41334225)

> I doubt there are chemists sitting at home with an ICP testing heavy metal levels of all their produce.

It only takes one. Also, who says they're doing it at home? One hypochondriac willing to stay after work to use the equipment to to quell their fears (or substantiate them) is all it takes.

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Re:You don't know how bad most things are nor precisely how ... by fragmede on Saturday August 24, 2024 @03:41AM (#41336386)

that's a really weird thing to hang the food safety of western civilization on.

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Re:You don't know how bad most things are nor precisely how ... by AndrewKemendo on Sunday August 25, 2024 @09:55AM (#41347341)

This is precisely how fragile our society is.

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Re:You don't know how bad most things are nor precisely how ... by Kinrany on Sunday September 01, 2024 @08:53AM (#41416607)

And yet: https://xkcd.com/2347/

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Re:You don't know how bad most things are nor precisely how ... by AndrewKemendo on Sunday August 25, 2024 @09:55AM (#41347336)

I follow a guy on Instagram who runs basically everything through a mass spectrometer:

https://www.instagram.com/massspeceverything

Here’s the Taco Bell hot sauce: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-A3FfOueRm/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWF...

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