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Letter: One simple trick to keep eyes dry chopping onions

Published 11 June 2025

From Bonita Ely, Sydney, Australia

You report a study that suggests an optimal way to chop onions without crying. Forget slow cuts with sharp blades, black spray paint, electron microscopes and such like – just slice the top and bottom off the onion, soak it in water, chop. No tears. Easy-peasy(24 May, p 12).

Issue no. 3547 published 14 June 2025

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