I think you are safe to eat parsley in that sort of form and in small-medium amounts.
Parsley OIL is probably not safe - but this is very concentrated... so you would have ot eat bunches and bunches and bucnhes of parsley for there to be an issue.
I was very careful with food when i was pg (figured it was only a short period of life) so I did avoid things like taboulli that are mainly parsley (though am pretty sure even that would be ok) but i did eat things that had parsley in just as a herb (e.g pizza sauce base etc would be ok)
I am not a dr though, so maybe someone else has some other ideas...
I've been wondering the same thing - A phone ap I got recommends not eating it raw, but I don't see what makes parsley different to any other herb, or even lettuce for that matter? Logically, I think it's a bit over the top to avoid it, but I'm also super paranoid about food right now so I've been erring on the side of caution and not eating it raw I wouldn't worry about the pizza sauce from last night - it would have been a very small amount and very well cooked!
Parsley oil is reported to be a muscle stimulant - the uterus is a muscle - don't want that being stimulated and contracting. It is used in a traditional herbalist form of abortion.
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You'd have to consume serious amounts of the stuff to do anything.
I'm sure the average amounts in food are nothing to worry about.
Especially dried, since there's hardly any oils left.
Like the OP's have said I think given it is eaten in such small quantities it is only an issue if it isn't washed properly. If it is cooked any bacteria etc will be killed off.
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I wouldn't worry about the pizza sauce from last night - it would have been a very small amount and very well cooked!
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