NEWSNATIONNOW (Jordan Perkins) - How could cyclospora get into the food supply?
Federal investigators are still looking for a cause, but it could stem from contaminated irrigation water.
Federal investigators are still looking for a cause, but it could stem from contaminated irrigation water.
The large number of cases suggests that excrement entered the food system on a “surprising scale.”
Cyclospora outbreaks are just a small part of a much larger food safety crisis linked to fresh produce.
Dr. Neal Shah, a Johns Hopkins University healthcare researcher, tells “Katie Pavlich Tonight” that the U.S. outbreak of diarrhea-triggering cyclospora raises questions about how human fecal matter is intersecting with imported produce. “I’ve heard a lot of things about, ‘Are people using human sewage as fertilizer?’ I think just the conditions on the farms we need to monitor much, much more carefully,” he says. #Cyclospora #Feces #Health "Katie Pavlich Tonight" offers a conservative take on the day’s events while welcoming all viewpoints. The goal: cutting through left-right bias in pursuit of plain facts and honest analysis.