something i wonder about canned food.

[Turbo Dave]

Ok i was thinking about it, and when im cutting stuff on my car little metal shavings come off.

well when i open up a can with a can opener, whats to say little metal specs dont fall in my spaghettios? even microscopic ones would be bad for you.... i just dont understand how it works... think even if something the size of pencil led you ate.. ouch.

[Ralphie]

Thats not so far fetched. It could happen.

I remember reading somewhere that the FDA allows all food processing plants like .1% to "mess up" and i guess accidently distribute food thats contaminated...why? Because no one is perfect so they have to allow for mishaps.

Enjoy your bumblebee tuna!

[NAiL05]

A lil bit of metal wont kill you it just makes you stronger.

[cp[mike]]

can openers shear the metal in half like a round pair of scissors... theres no grinding of the metal so theres no dust/shavings produced.

and if its that small that youd never notice it, youll just crap it out anyway.

[HondaB18]

Don't eat canned food if your worried about these things.

[d112crzy]

Enjoy your bumblebee tuna!

LOL!! I just made myself some tuna with that brand!!

I try to use frozen stuff instead of canned. tastes better, imo.

[Accord R33]

gives a new meaning to "rich in iron" (yeah...i know cans arn't made of iron, screw off).

Seriously though, we learned in probability that every jar of peanut butter contains about 1% insect parts, and that the average human eats something like 5lbs of insects in a year (not just from peanut butter, but from all the packaged food they eat).

mmmmmmm. protein

[turbomaxx]

dont u also swallow like 8 spiders in your life time, from them crawling in ur mouth while u sleep, and then you swallow them?

i heard that on tv somewhere so ive never known it to be true or not...

[Accord R33]

dont u also swallow like 8 spiders in your life time, from them crawling in ur mouth while u sleep, and then you swallow them?

i heard that on tv somewhere so ive never known it to be true or not...

its actually 5-8 per year. This is a 100% urban legend though.

['93accordse]

lol @ Rocknricer

I work at a shipyard. Do you know in 6 years how much metal, rust, and paint flakes floating around the air i've inhaled? I'm ok, you'll be just fine. Besides, what's the worse that could happen?
You're brain slows down and you drive:
A.) Into someone's lawn to avoid a speedbump
B.) Into a gas station only to have your wiring catch fire
C.) With a screw loose in your rotor that eventually leads to total Distributor failure.
D.) All of the above



love ya man

[cjv998]

lol @ Rocknricer

I work at a shipyard. Do you know in 6 years how much metal, rust, and paint flakes floating around the air i've inhaled? I'm ok, you'll be just fine. Besides, what's the worse that could happen?
You're brain slows down and you drive:
A.) Into someone's lawn to avoid a speedbump
B.) Into a gas station only to have your wiring catch fire
C.) With a screw loose in your rotor that eventually leads to total Distributor failure.
D.) All of the above



love ya man

LOL. Seriously though, even if they did somehow get in your food, a small bit of metal shavings won't hurt you.

[93accordexcoupe]

i skip the food and eat the can, ur fine

[wed3k]

why do people think eating from disposable items are clean too? i dont think it is the most sanitary but then again, i eat food without washing my hands when i work at the machine shop.

[ACC0RD22]

i eat food without washing my hands when i work at the machine shop.

I do that too. I barely ever get sick because of it. However, my gf (who obsessively washes her hands), gets sick like every 2 weeks. wtf?

anyways, yeah, dont worry about little shards of metal. Its really not that big of a deal.

[accordaffair]

If you worry about getting sick, you're gonna get sick.