Why does lettuce make us sick so often?
- Contaminated lettuce has been at the heart of this year’s largest U.
- outbreak of cyclosporiasis, an illness caused by the parasite cyclospora that leads to explosive diarrhea, vomiting and dehydration that lands people in the hospital.
- But this isn’t the first time lettuce has been implicated in outbreaks of the disease.
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- Contaminated lettuce has been at the heart of this year’s largest U.
- outbreak of cyclosporiasis, an illness caused by the parasite cyclospora that leads to explosive diarrhea, vomiting and dehydration that lands people in the hospital.
- But this isn’t the first time lettuce has been implicated in outbreaks of the disease.
Sources: The Independent