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The Shocking Way Your Lettuce Might Be Getting Contaminated
Scitech Daily ^ | July 29, 2025 | Cornell University

Posted on 07/29/2025 9:40:59 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: Red Badger

I don’t eat lettuce. Now I have a reason I can give that is better than “it sucks”.


41 posted on 07/29/2025 3:30:37 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: Nervous Tick

Don’t forget the visiting insects, birds flying over and rodent poop. And the “occasional” attack of gastrointestinal disease in the picker...always wash your fruits, and vegetables well ..


42 posted on 07/29/2025 4:26:15 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find. )
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To: woodbutcher1963

I would love to buy such produce, but I am in California. The only greenhouse produce I have noticed are cucumbers, which I buy.


43 posted on 07/29/2025 4:56:22 PM PDT by KittyKares
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To: Jamestown1630

Amazing! Thank you.


44 posted on 07/29/2025 4:59:23 PM PDT by KittyKares
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To: Red Badger
Grow your own.

It is simple and takes very little space.

45 posted on 07/29/2025 5:01:11 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: Skybird
Actually most of it is traceable to animals.

One of the biggest offenders is geese.

46 posted on 07/29/2025 5:03:35 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: Red Badger

So, do you ask Burger King to take the lettuce out of your Whopper?


47 posted on 07/29/2025 5:46:16 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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