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Rat lungworm disease is popping up in the mainland United States
ScienceNews.org ^
| 8/3/18
| Leah Rosenbaum
Posted on 08/11/2018 11:48:40 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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Just a heads-up for all my fellow Freepers out there: Try to hold off scarfing down any more of those tempting, raw slugs you see slithering around out there on the sidewalk, m'kay?
To: LibWhacker
Cut out raw leaf salads as well, no problem for me, hate salad.
And cook your slugs thoroughly..........
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posted on
08/11/2018 11:53:05 AM PDT
by
doorgunner69
(Give me the liberty to take care of my own security..........)
To: doorgunner69
If ya throw your salad in the microwave for 10 seconds it kills the worms and leaves a bit of nutritious protein behind.
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posted on
08/11/2018 11:58:02 AM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
08/11/2018 12:00:51 PM PDT
by
dhs12345
To: LibWhacker
I eat snails because I don’t like fast food.
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posted on
08/11/2018 12:06:33 PM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: LibWhacker
Who eats raw snails ore slugs? Ewww.
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posted on
08/11/2018 12:09:20 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Democratic socialism is when the majority of people vote to steal your property.)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
08/11/2018 12:19:08 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(When I first arrived in Washington, the extent of anger and partisanship stunned me. ~ CongressmanX)
To: LibWhacker
A friend here in Hilo got the rat lung disease from eating home grown lettuce. The snail or slug just has to leave a slime trail on the vegtables to make them toxic. He described the terrible time when the parasites got into his brain....nothing but excruciating pain and mind disruption.
So, here when in doubt we wash the veggies in bleach water followed by a good rinse.
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posted on
08/11/2018 12:20:09 PM PDT
by
Islander2
(Some of us are here because we are not all there.)
To: LibWhacker
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posted on
08/11/2018 12:27:17 PM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(They can have my pitbull when they pry his cold dead jaws off my ass.)
To: LibWhacker
The name sounds like something out of the movie Alien.
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posted on
08/11/2018 12:29:31 PM PDT
by
Zhang Fei
(They can have my pitbull when they pry his cold dead jaws off my ass.)
To: P.O.E.
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posted on
08/11/2018 12:33:36 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Consensus isn't science.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
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posted on
08/11/2018 12:35:18 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
To: LibWhacker
Probably comes from all those illegals coming in from $h!tholes.
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posted on
08/11/2018 12:39:55 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: LibWhacker
Stop your whining. This is a nation of immigrants, and that includes invertebrates. Diversity. Embrace it.
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posted on
08/11/2018 12:43:26 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: Vaquero
“Probably comes from all those illegals coming in from $h!tholes.”
Comes from Hawaii, last I knew that didn’t tend toward “shithole”.
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posted on
08/11/2018 12:47:32 PM PDT
by
Nik Naym
(It's not my fault... I have compulsive smart-ass disorder.)
To: doorgunner69
Note To Self:
1 - Plant lettuce
2 - Don’t start eating slugs and snails
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posted on
08/11/2018 12:49:46 PM PDT
by
Vlad The Inhaler
(Liberalism is the philosophy of sniveling brats. - P.J. ORourke)
To: LibWhacker
...passed along to humans if the snails and slugs are eaten raw.Who eats raw slugs?
I always make it a point to sprinkle my slugs liberally with salt and then fry the dickens out of 'em.
Don't everybody?
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posted on
08/11/2018 1:05:08 PM PDT
by
OldSmaj
(The only thing washed on a filthy liberal is their damned brains.)
To: LibWhacker
a Chinese woman and her son contracted the disease in 2012 after eating raw
centipedes bought at a market.
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posted on
08/11/2018 2:04:30 PM PDT
by
Daaave
("the flesh eating jinn of Komari")
To: LibWhacker
Another “gift” from the DemoRATs!
To: Vaquero
Not everything is Mexicans.
In this case mostly oriental, and yes, there are many crap holes there despite being pretty smart.
Im telling you, not only do foreigners concern me moving here, but mostly the TRAVEL they do frequently to see their relatives, as well as regular natives traveling to these places because its cultural. Its stupid, and begging for more trouble.
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posted on
08/11/2018 2:31:57 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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