The Truth Behind the Hidden Worms in Your Strawberries

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A viral TikTok video showed worm-like creatures crawling out of perfectly ordinary strawberries after being soaked in salt water. Is this real? Do we actually end up eating them? Or is it a hoax? What should we do if we find weird bugs in our berries? Let’s get into it.

Sources:

[Yes, There Are Bugs in Your Fruit]
https://www.buzzfeed.com/kristatorres/little-bugs-live-in-strawberries-so-you-should-al
https://www.eater.com/2020/5/22/21267514/tiktok-strawberry-washing-reveals-harmless-fruit-bugs
https://croplife.ca/facts-figures/pesticides-in-canada/
https://www.100daysofrealfood.com/bugs-in-my-organic-food/
https://globalnews.ca/news/3776104/insects-allowed-in-food-canada/
https://www.inspection.gc.ca/food-safety-for-industry/archived-food-guidance/fresh-fruits-and-vegetables/quality-inspection/fruit-inspection-manuals/apples/eng/1303668473869/1303672406197
https://www.inspection.gc.ca/food-safety-for-industry/archived-food-guidance/fresh-fruits-and-vegetables/quality-inspection/vegetable-inspection-manuals/cabbage/eng/1303752495748/1303752563262#s7
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/05/22/spotted-wing-drosophila-bugs-strawberries-nothing-worry/5237976002/
https://youtu.be/xHKtbTQFAFs
https://youtu.be/cM0e1MDAwfs
https://youtu.be/DLNDnMMfWfs
https://fruit.cornell.edu/spottedwing/
https://www.gardensalive.com/product/ybyg-worms-in-your-berries-there-is-a-new-pest-in-town

[Does Salt Water Work?]
https://www.tasteofhome.com/collection/dirty-dozen-fruits-and-vegetables/
https://cor.ca/view/684/history_of_cor.html
https://ask.metafilter.com/242323/Best-practices-for-eating-organic-minus-the-bugs
https://youtu.be/3st8RSq4bq8

[Should We Just Eat the Bugs?]
https://www.wellandgood.com/good-food/pesticides-in-produce-versus-insects/
http://www.fao.org/3/i3253e/i3253e.pdf
http://insectlopedia.com/poisonous-or-venomous-2/
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/07/t-magazine/eating-bugs-food-restaurant.html
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/5/130514-edible-insects-entomophagy-science-food-bugs-beetles/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/is-the-livestock-industry-destroying-the-planet-11308007/
https://www.wired.com/story/if-edible-insects-are-the-future-we-should-talk-about-poop/
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190806-how-vaccines-could-fix-our-problem-with-cow-emissions
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20141014-time-to-put-bugs-on-the-menu
https://www.forbes.com/sites/eustaciahuen/2017/04/30/why-eating-insects-may-not-be-as-sustainable-as-it-seems/#3d5c1ae444c1

[Other Sources]
https://www.tiktok.com/@callmekristatorres/video/6828636698579193094
https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/blogs.cornell.edu/dist/e/3784/files/2013/11/RLW01081-1wj5s72-300x226.jpg
https://entomology.cals.cornell.edu/people/brian-nault/
https://youtu.be/QxFj0uf4sa4
https://youtu.be/TMwuubDYbec
https://youtu.be/bN_15f23TY8
https://youtu.be/3st8RSq4bq8
https://youtu.be/VSlGMAykH9E
https://youtu.be/WcNxzSzSDrs
https://youtu.be/cjuGCJJUGsg
https://youtu.be/X7mOlzCtXhw
https://youtu.be/pVzYS3Ga_j8
https://youtu.be/N8WZkAWGtFk
https://youtu.be/vhgPKVGRvjs
https://youtu.be/dt_550CWJWI

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