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Cooking & Baking

Diamond_Dog

(38,339 posts)

3. K&R

Reply to SheltieLover (Original post)

Sat Jun 7, 2025, 12:44 PM

Jun 2025

I’m beginning to wonder if planting your own backyard garden is the only way to obtain fresh safe produce.
Or a trusted local farm market.

It’s unbelievable to me the grower in the article actually defended using untreated canal water to water his crops.

Dousing the produce in chemicals to prevent contamination doesn’t seem too appealing either.

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Why are so many people getting sick from eating cucumbers? [View all] SheltieLover Jun 2025 OP

Thanks for the news. Getting to the point that you want to be very careful about where you buy/process your SWBTATTReg Jun 2025 #1

Absolutely! I envy those who can garden! SheltieLover Jun 2025 #2

K&R Diamond_Dog Jun 2025 #3

I think backyard gardens are the answer for most. SheltieLover Jun 2025 #7

Thank you. My wife eats a lot of them surfered Jun 2025 #4

Yw! Not sure how you can check source, but pls try to avoid this one. SheltieLover Jun 2025 #8

RFK Jr must have bathed in the canal. 🤮 sheshe2 Jun 2025 #17

Eeeeewwwwww. Brain worms! SheltieLover Jun 2025 #21

I am glad his father is not alive to see what he has become. sheshe2 Jun 2025 #30

So am I. SheltieLover Jun 8 #31

Great idea. One of us can use eggs, the other cucumbers. surfered Jun 2025 #19

I think it's about the source. I've noticed Aldi has very few recalls, Walhell has a lot SheltieLover Jun 2025 #22

I don't merely rinse my produce, I submerge it in a giant bowl and agitate it and Wingus Dingus Jun 2025 #5

I wash stuff vigorously with Dawn dishsoap. SheltieLover Jun 2025 #9

I had one that I bought from Walmart or Target, it worked pretty well-- Wingus Dingus Jun 2025 #11

Eeeewwwww SheltieLover Jun 2025 #14

Oxo is a great brand. sheshe2 Jun 2025 #18

Thx, She! SheltieLover Jun 2025 #20

There is veggie soap I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2025 #27

Thx, Panther! SheltieLover Jun 2025 #28

Wouldn't it be nice if someone could inspect? young_at_heart Jun 2025 #6

Yes, but safety is not a dynamic for kraznov's pootinesque agenda SheltieLover Jun 2025 #10

It's usually contaminated irrigation water often downstream from a cattle operation. Ritabert Jun 2025 #12

Ty for sharing! SheltieLover Jun 2025 #15

Does peeling the cucumber make it safer? Zackzzzz Jun 2025 #13

Maybe if you scrub vigorously before peeling. Not sure. SheltieLover Jun 2025 #16

Probably not if it's contaminated irrigation water Ritabert Jun 2025 #23

The variety supermarkets carry is a large part of the problem Warpy Jun 2025 #24

Ty for sharing. SheltieLover Jun 2025 #25

I had to go to the ER I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2025 #26

Omg, Panther! SheltieLover Jun 2025 #29