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E. coli lettuce contamination warning now includes Kentucky

"More than 120 people have been sickened by eating the romaine lettuce grown in the Yuma, Arizona region. The warning has been extended to 25 states, which now includes Kentucky." One death has been reported in California
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The federal government's warning about E. coli contaminated lettuce now includes Kentucky after an unidentified state resident was sickened after eating romaine lettuce.

More than 120 people have been sickened by eating the romaine lettuce grown in the Yuma, Arizona region. The warning has been extended to 25 states, which now includes Kentucky.

A California resident died from E. coli poisoning becoming the outbreak's first fatality, the CDC announced on Wednesday.

This particular strain of the illness produces a toxin that causes vomiting and diarrhea and potentially other severe symptoms, including in some cases kidney failure. Of the people sickened by eating romaine lettuce, 52 have been hospitalized, 14 of them with kidney failure, the federal government said.




This story was posted on 2018-05-03 08:18:23
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