The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was an early investor in Apeel Sciences, which created a coating that extends produce’s shelf life. It's made with natural ingredients, not dangerous chemicals, as some social media users have claimed.
especially those who want to eat healthier. But as many of us have experienced, those once-ripe apples or avocados often have begun to rot by the time we get around to eating them, so they end up in the trash.
Apeel Sciences, a California tech startup created in 2012 by a man concerned about food waste and global hunger, devised a solution: an edible coating that can extend produce’s shelf life. But some social media users are sharing unfounded claims about the product’s safety. "The dangerous chemical Bill Gates is coating your organic produce with," read a headline shared in a screenshot with an April 19
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