Yarddog
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Seems the spuds we all love have some hidden dangers. Well who would have thought a potato would need that many chemicals?
I do know of the one noted in the link. I was told of this recently which prompted me to look it up, and this may not be in all cases but with the big commercial farms they harvest them with machines that ride over the top of the potato crop and they have a production problem when the potato vines clog up the digging apparatus.
the solution in that case is to spray the vines with a chemical to make them shrivel up and die just before harvesting. Seems to me the potato it self would absorb this. It might be a good idea to buy only organic ones or if you eat commercialy grown potatoes, only eat the largest ones and not the little ones because the larger ones are pretty much done growing and might absorb less. Good luck USMB brothers and sisters! may you live long and always stay away from politics!
The Health Risks of Eating Conventionally-Grown Potatoes
I do know of the one noted in the link. I was told of this recently which prompted me to look it up, and this may not be in all cases but with the big commercial farms they harvest them with machines that ride over the top of the potato crop and they have a production problem when the potato vines clog up the digging apparatus.
the solution in that case is to spray the vines with a chemical to make them shrivel up and die just before harvesting. Seems to me the potato it self would absorb this. It might be a good idea to buy only organic ones or if you eat commercialy grown potatoes, only eat the largest ones and not the little ones because the larger ones are pretty much done growing and might absorb less. Good luck USMB brothers and sisters! may you live long and always stay away from politics!
The Health Risks of Eating Conventionally-Grown Potatoes