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Anything that makes you apply your hand to your face.

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[–] puchaczyk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

You joke, but there are influencers tryling to convince people that vegetables are bad because they contain harmful chemicals.

[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well they are known to contain dihydrogen monoxide, which is lethal to inhale in relatively small quantities.

[–] dave@feddit.uk 4 points 3 months ago

It kills more people annually than almost any other chemical.

[–] vithigar@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

There are harmful chemicals in some vegetables. Solanine in potatoes, for example. Not enough to be dangerous though unless you ingest a truly remarkable volume of potato skin. The dose makes the poison, as they say.