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⬤ LOW 14 Aug 2026, 10:30 UTC

Is Lettuce Safe Now? Probably. Will Cyclospora Change Anything? Hopefully

For the last month, Americans have viewed their lunchtime salads or even a single, crisp leaf of iceberg on their burger as a possible threat. Could it harbor cyclospora, the explosive-diarrhea-causing parasite that by early August had sickened thousands, hospitalized hundreds, and led to two deaths?
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