It's interesting how the focus is on almonds, grapes, tangerines, lemon etc.
Much scarier than the polluted almond, is the amount of these pollutants that get into the grass, grains and other things the livestock industry in California uses. A big chunk of water is used by the livestock industry (what to feed the poor cow if not the polluted cheap water, who cares about the welfare of a cow), not the lemon guys.
Bioaccumulation of some of these compounds is a much larger risk than eating a fist of almonds. There could be 100 times more of the pollutants in a fist of beef, given that the cow chews through literal tons of grass and grains before slaughter.
Yet one should worry about that tiny drop of lemon juice on your steak.
Much scarier than the polluted almond, is the amount of these pollutants that get into the grass, grains and other things the livestock industry in California uses. A big chunk of water is used by the livestock industry (what to feed the poor cow if not the polluted cheap water, who cares about the welfare of a cow), not the lemon guys.
Bioaccumulation of some of these compounds is a much larger risk than eating a fist of almonds. There could be 100 times more of the pollutants in a fist of beef, given that the cow chews through literal tons of grass and grains before slaughter.
Yet one should worry about that tiny drop of lemon juice on your steak.