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2025-04-09 13:12:17 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: BA0C36F561152D599710A3ABB411E5C79272B3EB34176560541D2EC5BB3B80DB
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Misleading: this claim has been made by Senator Scott for years, but nobody has produced evidence that Chinese garlic is "grown in sewage". https://www.bbc.com/news/business-67662779 Scientifically speaking, it would still be safe to use sewage (including from humans or any other animal) as fertilizer: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/you-asked/it-true-garlic-china-grown-human-feces-and-watered-urine
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