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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Water Woes: 'Do NOT eat romaine lettuce,' CDC warns
2018-04-21
[DailyMail]
  • An E. coli outbreak traced to romaine from Yuma, Arizona has sickened at least 60 people

  • The Yuma area grows 90 percent of the leafy greens Americans eat in winter

  • The CDC and has advised people to throw out romaine or lettuce mixes that may contain romaine if it could have come from Arizona or they don't know its source

  • One expert says that it may be years before the E. coli is killed off from the contaminated fields



Posted by:Skidmark

#3  Here's where "It's Organic!" kills you:

(1) farmer plants crop in poor soil
(2) because it's supposed to grow 'organic' crop, use of liquid manure from nearby feedlots is encouraged; can't use chemical fertilizer (it would be sterile)
(3) there's little natural rainfall in the area (Yuma, AZ) so what gets on the plants stays on the plants
(4) crops are harvested with bacteria built in
Posted by: ed in texas   2018-04-21 20:37  

#2  As always, the Bard is germane:
"Ptooey to tainted romaine
Polluted in Yuma
By whom? Montezuma!
Friends, let us express our disdain."
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220   2018-04-21 19:29  

#1  Hope hiring illegals to poop on the fields was worth it.
Posted by: Thumper Hupinter3693   2018-04-21 18:46  

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