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Freeman [soylentnews.org] writes:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/11/amid-pandemic-poopy-salads-still-pose-health-threat/ [arstechnica.com]

With pandemic stress-eating colliding with holiday feasts last week, many of us may be eyeing some healthy salads in the coming days. But if there’s one constant we can rely upon in this year of upheaval—it’s the enduring possibility that our leafy greens may be laced with poopy bacteria.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently has three open investigations [cdc.gov] on Escherichia coli outbreaks—two [cdc.gov] directly linked to leafy greens [cdc.gov] and the other [cdc.gov] involving a bacterial strain that caused an outbreak in 2018 linked to romaine lettuce.

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