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[–] nifty@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It’s not just pesticides. You can get residual germs from bad agricultural practices, which is why we get E. coli and listeria outbreaks from vegetables.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yes but the "dirty dozen" specifically refers to pesticides.

[–] CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

John Oliver torched a head of lettuce, while talking about that. https://youtu.be/Za45bT41sXg