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More than 15,000 doctors sign letter urging Senate to reject RFK Jr. as health secretary
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The only thing he's right about is the junk we have in our food and chemicals that are banned in the EU but allowed to be in our food
That’s the sad thing. RFK is “right” about a lot, not just about health but about what happened in the election, but that doesn’t make the bad bundled with him OK.
Some people are crazy or corrupt and should absolutely not hold office, but that doesn’t necessarily invalidate points they raise… But apparently we can’t have it that way. We go all in someone or bury, nothing in between
You are correct that it doesn’t necessarily invalidate points they raise. But if you’re dealing with somebody who is crazy or corrupt AND they represent the party famous for arguing in bad faith, it’s probably a waste of time to evaluate whether or not you can trust a given thing they say.
There are also many ingredients banned in the US that aren't in the EU. This trend of focusing on food ingredients misses the bigger picture.
While processed food is generally garbage, our food supply is generally safe, the real issue is healthy, whole foods aren't accessible enough.
And banning those advertisements.
And the EU allows food that we don't in ours, like Cyclamate. Raw milk and unwashed eggs are all perfectly legal too.
They're not perfect.
I, too, normally eat my eggs with the shell still attached.
And you realize that egg shells are porous? Unwashed eggs are sealed, and that's one of the reasons why Europe can sell eggs without even refrigeration.
Unwashed eggs have a much shorter shelf life before the salmonella gets through the porous shell.
The EU sells unrefrigerated eggs because they're fresher - they spoil significantly faster than American eggs.
Unwashed eggs have a shelf life of like 3 weeks. If I put them into the refrigerator, they're still good for at least 2 months. I've eaten eggs that sat in my fridge for almost 3 months, and there was absolutely nothing wrong with them; float test, inside visuals, and taste was perfect.
We don't usually sell washed eggs, so I don't know what their shelf life usually is, but a search shows that it's like 5 weeks at the most? So an extra couple weeks? That doesn't seem like a huge difference especially when considering the negatives.
We don't even have salmonella in our egg production lines due to better rules and quality controls, but even if we did, how would removing the cuticle reduce bacteria risks? The cuticle is surprisingly resilient; bacteria doesn't just "get through" it that quickly or easily.
Also consider that the egg's cuticle doesn't just hold out bacteria... it also holds in moisture etc. And when moisture leaves the egg, what happens with the displacement? It sucks in air from outside, which may contain contamination, or any salmonella that wasn't fully removed. I hope your refrigerator (and all the cooling rooms the eggs have been in prior to you buying it) have cleanroom standards and humidity control!
Why would we sell something that expires quicker, if it'd reduce food waste by having a longer shelf life? Stores here don't like to throw away expired products instead of selling them.
Consider that the more reasonable answer is cultural differences. Many Americans have an extremely naïve view of agriculture. They would see their eggs with some dirt on it, and would flip out instead of Googling "wtf is a cloaca?"... it's a similar reason why Americans put tons of unnecessary additives and coloring into their foodstuffs.
(And yes, of course the EU's rules are far from being perfect, but my common sense and science shows that unwashed eggs should be superior. I like eggs btw.)
Becsuse washing eggs makes them spoil easier as it ruins the bloom which protects the eggs from pathogens.
The risk here is so non-existent, that I can safely eat my eggs raw. This is an official stance of the Finnish health authorities.
I trust them saying that.
But if RFK said that about American eggs, I would laugh out loud.
Most American bread sold here has to be marketed as dessert, because of the high sugar content. I mean, there really isn't demand for it, but you'll sometimes see some in some novel "America" shelves/sections.
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Their eggs are fine.
Sure, never said they were. But they ban alot of chemicals that are harmful and judging on health outcomes and obesity rates they seem to have it better.
EU health and obesity rates have way more to do with urbanism than diet and health outcomes compared to the USA is such a useless comparison. America's trying to kill you off the moment you get sick. Pay or die: yeah no wonder it's such a shit show.