Subsistence peoples continue eating contaminated food despite advisories because eating is sacred obligation

Evidence

The habit of seeing something divine in the crops that sustain us, formed all over the world around 10,000 years ago, is still stubbornly alive. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 182 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Food’s divine association has persisted since early agriculture. — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 182

Related

• Food’s divine association has persisted since early agriculture. (similarity 0.91)

Broader Connections

• Food’s divine association has persisted since early agriculture. #expands (0.80) — Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects, 182