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Why Washing Lettuce Doesn’t Get Rid of E. Coli

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Why Washing Lettuce Doesn’t Get Rid of E. Coli Leafy greens have been the carriers for dozens of outbreaks of food poisoning in recent years. The CDC recently linked several to a particular strain of E. coli, but other outbreaks have involved Salmonella, norovirus, Listeria, and Cyclospora. If this unfun fact has you swearing you’ll wash your lettuce better, I… Read more…

Lifehacker 179 2023-10-07

TikTok Myth of the Week: There’s Plastic on Your Lettuce

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TikTok Myth of the Week: There’s Plastic on Your Lettuce The industrial-scale systems that grow and process our food can be strange and scary sometimes. But as we saw with myths like “whitened” milk and McDonald’s worm burgers, our imaginations run wilder than the truth. The latest urban legend about food? Plastic coating our lettuce. Read more…

Lifehacker 160 2023-08-05