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Re:Edible insects role in transmission of parasitic diseases... by wyre on Thursday August 18, 2022 @03:45AM (#32506556)
Maybe so, but how does that explain how E. coli outbreaks on lettuce? From what I understand the waste from animal farms run off into waterways that feed the vegetable farms.
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Re:Edible insects role in transmission of parasitic diseases... by hombre_fatal on Thursday August 18, 2022 @07:25PM (#32516023)
Looking into this, it's hard to say since there are contamination issues at every point between preharvest and the moment you put it into your mouth: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6899298/

It doesn't seem to rank the causes it lists, but googling it suggests widespread contamination caused by fecal matter runoff from animal ag finding its way into irrigation water.

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Re:Edible insects role in transmission of parasitic diseases... by MichaelCollins on Thursday August 18, 2022 @05:42AM (#32507284)
Field workers who don't get bathroom breaks.
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Re:Edible insects role in transmission of parasitic diseases... by scythe on Thursday August 18, 2022 @11:26AM (#32510970)
Rabbits? It's not exactly easy ensure there are no animals across thousands of square miles of farmland.
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