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What's Happening to E. Coli in Leafy Greens?
I grew up associating outbreaks of stuff like E. coli with eggs or fresh meat, and only recently do I remember really reading about an outbreak of E. coli in lettuce. Like what in lettuce or leafy vegetables or even strawberries could harbor these kinds of diseases? What's going on there? Yeah, so it's oftentimes it's adjacent to cattle production or the water might be getting contaminated from nearby cattle or wildlife intrusion. It's their excrement that's contaminating the water that's being used to irrigate those crops.
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