Before blackberry season gets under way...

[pseudomonas]

When I was a kid back in the 80s, I was told not to pick and eat fruit growing next to busy roads. In these days of near-universal unleaded petrol, does this advice still hold true at all?

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[lnr]

Personally I'd probably still avoid ones from by major busy roads, as they'll still be unpleasantly polluted. Or at least give them a more thorough wash before use. I wouldn't worry so much about ones by more minor roads, or in my case the ones near the railway.

Seeing how horribly dusty the plant looks is probably the main thing I use as a guide - if it would put me off eating them right there then I don't bother picking them.