“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 unbelie…
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?
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.
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?
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.