[medell]

Most of the apples in grocery stores have been in storage for months since most are harvested in fall and have been sprayed with diphenylamine (DPA), an antioxidant that slows the development of black patches on the skin. DPA is banned in the EU because a byproduct of it when it breaks down, nitrosamine, is a carcinogen.

I love apples, but since finding this out, I try to avoid eating them out of season.

This article fails to mention DPA, but is interesting nonetheless! https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/11/26/668256349/th...

[willhinsa]

I fucking love science!!

Sorry, I just hate the world we’ve built. I would so much rather live in a world where my apples are not poison but only are around during the fall.

But, capital return requirements and the remorseless scythe of competition exist, so instead we get poison apples available year round.

[KoftaBob]

Would washing the apple thoroughly not remove the nitrosamine byproduct? Genuinely curious.