My 2 cents on the Handwashing Dialogue/Debate

[Guest guest]

As someone who usually doesn't read most of the posts

on this the list (too much Natural Hygiene

pontification for my tastes), I have found the

Handwashing Dialogue/Debate riveting--a true example

of why this list exists: for those of us in the raw

community to openly express and discuss important

issues.

As so many people on this list have strong opinions on

whether or not to wash one's hands (and produce) I

find that this is an important issue.

 

As a chef I wash my hands frequently not necessary as

the result of a belief in the germ theory, but as a

precaution and because in professional settings, it is

a state food sanititation regulation.

 

I don't always wash my produce, but I definitely do if

I'm usuing it in a professional situation (regulations

again) and at home do if I see lots of soil at the

roots. I have gotten e-coli food poisoning from

unwashed greens grown in organic soil that was

ammended with animal manure.

 

All in all: thanks for the firey posts--this list

needs some excitment to spice it up from time to time!

 

Viva the Dialogue/Debate!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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