[calex59]

In Germany,when I was stationed there years ago, we had to be extremely careful not to eat the veggies off base because of hepatitis. This was caused by using human excrement for fertilizer. I wonder if our wondeful ILLLEGAL aliens are pooping in our lettuce fields and passing on this wonderful disease to CA residents.

[BurbankKarl]

From Mexico's toilet to your plate!

[Nea Wood]

I wonder if our wondeful ILLLEGAL aliens are pooping in our lettuce fields and passing on this wonderful disease to CA residents.

Yeah, but it's worth it because the lettuce is so cheap and we get to experience the joys of diversity! (sarc)

[July 4th]

That's how it works. If a farm laborer is a half-mile out in the field and has to go to the bathroom, they just go.

[mewzilla]

Not just fertilzer per se, but by infected workers defecating in the fields.

[tiki]

The article didn't actually say that the lettuce came from California. It said it was packaged in Salinas, CA.

I live on a main highway from Mexico and I'll never forget the first time I saw trucks from Mexico with boxes that said "Washington Apples".

[Calvin Locke]

The History Channel had a series on feudal England. There's a reason that they boiled the food for hours in that period of history.

And why they drank lots of beer. Sans the hops (came from Holland later), though.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

When I drove through the farmlands of CA last year, they were boldly flying the Mexican flag.

Wouldn't be surprised if they'd symbolically give us the finger in other ways, too.