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A comment on Cassava crisis: the deadly food that doubles as a vital Venezuelan crop (2017).

Re:Cassava crisis: the deadly food that doubles as a vital V... by chris_mc on Thursday July 12, 2018 @04:09PM (#17518194)
> crisis

> The last reported fatal cases of cassava poisoning occurred in February 2017.

Crisis? This article is so over the top it's not even funny.

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Re:Cassava crisis: the deadly food that doubles as a vital V... by adrian_mrd on Thursday July 12, 2018 @04:29PM (#17518344)
The article is from June 2017, and it does state that “At least 28 people have died as a result of eating bitter cassava”, but the word ‘crisis’ - at least referring to any major problem outside of Venezuala - does seem a little bit hyperbolic.
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Re:Cassava crisis: the deadly food that doubles as a vital V... by mschuster91 on Thursday July 12, 2018 @08:38PM (#17519732)
It is very well a crisis if people die en masse because they have to resort to (potentially) toxic black market foods.
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Re:Cassava crisis: the deadly food that doubles as a vital V... by chris_mc on Thursday July 12, 2018 @04:42PM (#17518418)
I didn't pay attention to the date, so perhaps I jumped the gun here declaring it a non-issue.
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