Cyclosporiasis is on the rise in the US but the information on how to handle the parasite is very contradictory. Literally heard on the radio this morning that in order to kill Cyclospora cayetanensis, you have to boil your produce but the news is saying something else.

Please be safe everyone.

  • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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    20 hours ago

    Fruits and vegetables are woke.

    but the media as usual completely misses the point…this is transmitted by fecal-oral route, so who is shitting on America’s vegetables?

    • Ripley_Tripley@lemmus.orgOP
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      7 hours ago

      It always has to do with cow manure. Cow manure is used as fertilizer, but the problem is not the cows, its the quality control and sanitation techniques. While harvesting, during the packing process within the factories (who knows how well those are kept clean) and then during shipping. Quality control went down dramatically after covid (it wasn’t that great to begin with) and that’s why we have been seeing an increase in food born illnesses.