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Where can I have some oranges tested to be sure that they are not being contaminated from septic leach lines? My Sis n Law brought this up today, don't you just love them.
Can that really reach the fruit of trees? It's not like a direct line of moisture from root to plant. The plants take nutrients from soil and convert it. I would be more concerned about chemicals but not sewage... But maybe someone else can offer more insight.
You can put manure in farm field for nutrients for plants. As long as manure isn't directly on food it's safe. How do I know this, my mom grew up on a farm and that was what they did. They used to spread manure on fields, still do. Lately I've noticed the farmers are liquefying it and spaying it on field. Saw this done last summer when I noticed a big tank truck spraying on soon to be planted field, it sure stinks much much more than just spreading manure.
Last edited by Izzie1213; 02-15-2018 at 10:08 PM..
The only contamination you could possibly get from septic lines is heavy metals, and I doubt your effluent is loaded with that.
Plants absorb stuff from the soil in solution form, meaning stuff is dissolved in liquid. Plants even have cellular barriers to bigger molecules that might be in the solution. Since plant roots live in ground teeming with bacteria, viruses, and fungi, they have very good defenses.
When you hear on the news about e. coli contaminated lettuce, spinage, celery it's because feces (e coli can be present in a lot of animals and human feces, yeah, yuk) somehow got on the leaves and not washed off, especially foods you don't typically cook or peel. Cooking kills any e. coli bacteria. Since e. Coli bacteria is more likely to be on stuff that is grown on the ground (unlike apples and oranges) it's less likely to be contaminated, but then there are those darn birds that sit in trees and do their business. So always wash all fruits and veggies.
I even wash all melons with a bit of soap and scrub a bit since they sit on the ground. My sister thinks she got sick from eating a melon she didn't wash. When you cut through the outside skin you can drag contaminates onto the inside.
When you hear on the news about e. coli contaminated lettuce, spinage, celery it's because feces (e coli can be present in a lot of animals and human feces, yeah, yuk) somehow got on the leaves and not washed off, especially foods you don't typically cook or peel. Cooking kills any e. coli bacteria. Since e. Coli bacteria is more likely to be on stuff that is grown on the ground (unlike apples and oranges) it's less likely to be contaminated, but then there are those darn birds that sit in trees and do their business. So always wash all fruits and veggies.
I even wash all melons with a bit of soap and scrub a bit since they sit on the ground. My sister thinks she got sick from eating a melon she didn't wash. When you cut through the outside skin you can drag contaminates onto the inside.
After washing, I spray a fine mist of distilled white vinegar (which contains acetic acid) on all the fresh fruits and vegetables I eat, that aren't cooked. If they can't be disinfected in this way, I don't eat them. I've given up Romaine lettuce and alfalfa sprouts, for examples.
The vinegar spray is very effective against most pathogens. It also cured my athlete's foot, after a lifetime infestation of it. I sprayed my toes, top and bottom, twice a day for 3 days and I only have to do this once a year, to avoid a recurrence. However, it will not kill eggs from parasites, such as intestinal worms. They have acid-resistant coatings, to be able to survive in a host's stomach.
Heinz sells a stronger, cleaning-strength vinegar, with a 6% solution, compared to the standard 5% solution. The Walmart is the only store where I can find it, in my area. No more expensive and toxic disinfectant sprays at my house.
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