Nearly 70% of the fresh produce sold in the U.S. contains residues of legal though potentially harmful chemical pesticides even in small amounts, and a popular snack for children is another big offender.
Among the top choices to limit exposure to pesticides? Avocados, asparagus and honeydew melon.
The analysis comes from the Environmental Working Group. Each year since 2004 it has ranked its Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen lists and combines them as a shopper’s guide for consumers. The “dirtiest” of all is not a fresh fruit or vegetable, but a dried one — raisins. Raisins weren’t ranked on the fresh lists but their surprising results caught the attention of EWG.
Toxicologists and other researchers at EWG compare the pesticide contamination of 47 popular conventional — meaning not farmed organically — fruits and vegetables. The review is based on the results of tests by the USDA and the Food and Drug Administration of more than 43,000 samples of produce.
Before the food supply chain stops….
I would suggest buying as many seeds at Home Depot…..etc…
Before everyone catches on to this like toilet paper.
Anyone stuck in the metro areas…. get out.
When the prescription drugs stop…. Zombie land will begin.
Let alone the …. Heroin…. Fetanyl… Meth…. etc….
I don’t see a Virus slowing down any drug addicts….
Try not to be a casualty.
I would inventory your tools.
See what you have lying around.
Start adding to them, you need it.
My tin foil hat is off the charts today.
Just in case you get your Virus check…..
Add a generator….. gas, diesal or solar.
Plasma cutter….
Harbor freight has some reviews on youtube.
Skills sets ….
Welding …
CNC machines….
Along with….
Having knowledge of
Plumbing….
Electrical wiring.
Sanitation… Human waste and garbage. (Yes make fun of me now … I still shit in my home depot bucket) Nothings really changed for me.
Although I do have my water line finally pulled into my living space.
Get a burn barrel… for burning paper etc…
Gun smithing…. reloading.., Youtube has some great videos on making 45’s and 9mm at home with a harbor freight CNC mini metal lathe….. fascinating.
People have get back to tinkering in their garages and manufacturing their own materials.
There’s no way to survive if you don’t start working on these skill sets.
Now…..
These are some of the things on my list.
If you get any Virus money….. I would spend it very wisely.
Food
Shelter
Clothing.
I learned that in Catholic school in the 2nd grade in my little penguin suit uniform.
On the tech side I would start off loading youtube videos to a local archive.
Like the uprisings around the world the first thing that they will cut off is information.
Arab spring anyone….. shut down twitter instagram… facebook youtube internet and you will be at there mercy.
Who will have archived all this information .? The Cloud ????
Get out of the metro cities if possible.
Not much of a window….
The first stress test is to try to live one day without power.
That should be an eye opener and with the smart meters they can drill down to your living space and remotely shut you down.
And it could be just you…. and not your neighbor.
Ok….
I’m done tin foil hatting for a while.
Well, Zombieland rule #25 combined with #2 is usually good enough. But if not then rule #1 will have to do.
😉
But seriously, thanks for the list.
Everyone stay safe
thanks flee….’solutions not answers’ 🙂
and I love the term ‘Virus money’ 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuqTzOpDCEA
Thanks for the list link. Glad bananas are not on the dirty dozen list because that’s about the only fruit I eat (except for locally grown apples). Celery, eh? Only use it every now and then. Wash well. Tomatoes we use are grown locally in hydroponics or our garden. Potatoes though are a problem but I wash them well. Glad avocados are on the good list as well as cantaloupe (grown locally), onions (grown locally), broccoli, cauliflower, and asparagus (we grow our own). Most avocados we use are from Mexico (summer) or Chile (winter).
Hmmm… Hard to trust this considering… We see “Zion Market Research,” and this:
“The review is based on the results of tests by the USDA and the Food and Drug Administration of more than 43,000 samples of produce.”
So I noticed in the second half of the article they mentioned the so-called “cleaner” fruits and veggies recommended, but there is no mention of GMO’s. Corn is on that list and the greater percentage of corn grown here is GMO. So maybe it’s technically not a “pesticide” but in my opinion no less harmful.
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