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The Cyclospora Mystery: How Human Poop Got on So Much Lettuce

The Cyclospora Mystery: How Human Poop Got on So Much Lettuce

The Daily vor 3 Monaten

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U.S. health officials linked six more states to what’s now the
largest outbreak of cyclospora in American history — an outbreak
that has contributed to at least two deaths, sickened thousands
of people and left the rest of us increasingly scared of salad.

Today, Christina Jewett and Caroline Hopkins Legaspi, two public
health reporters who have covered the parasite for The New York
Times, discuss what’s been learned about where it comes from, how
it spread so quickly and why our food safety system seems to be
powerless to stop it.

Guest:

Christina Jewett, covers the Food and Drug
Administration for The New York Times.

Caroline Hopkins Legaspi, a health reporter
focusing on nutrition and sleep for The New York Times.

Background reading:

Taco Bell and the food distributor Sysco have pulled Taylor
Farms lettuce from supply chains after it was linked to
cyclosporiasis.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has linked six
more states to the cyclospora outbreak associated with iceberg
lettuce.

Photo: Michelle V. Agins / The New York Times

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