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Cyclosporiasis (explosive diarrhea from contaminated produce)
Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Jul 13 7:14am | Replies (10)Comment receiving replies
@gloaming
I agree there’s no need to stop eating produce. I was responding to the OP, ccenj, who says they have and wanted electrolyte suggestions. I told them what I use.
Your info is helpful, though. I often wonder how carefully bagged produce is actually washed.
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@kudzu It is rinsed to rid it of soils and debris, then dipped in a chlorine solution, don't know how long or how concentrated, rinsed again, and bagged. I think that suffices for the '90% solution', but as we all soon learn, even if just through the news, the final 10% is what gets the very young, the infirm, or the elderly. And the odd miss infects thousands potentially. My wife and I eat the 'sweet kale' bagged salad common at the grocers and have never had a problem.
But, there's always the first time....