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How to Stay Safe: Boil Your Produce and Skip the Salad Bar
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Infectious disease physician Dr. Richard Smith, speaking to NBC 7 San Diego, offered some of the most alarming practical guidance of the episode. [1] — Dr. Richard Smith "Washing contaminated produce with soap and water is not enough to kill Cyclospora. Boiling is the only reliable method. An infectious disea…" 17:38 'All bets are off, even if you wash it with water and soap,' Smith said — a direct rebuttal to the assumption that careful produce-washing provides protection. The only reliable method to kill Cyclospora, he said, is boiling at high temperature. For those who frequent salad bars, his advice was simple: give them a rest for a week or two while investigators work to identify the source. Celebrity chef Andrew Gruel had separately pointed to Michigan's role as a major produce distribution hub and posted on X that 'bagged lettuce is the culprit,' advising consumers to cook their produce or avoid bagged lettuce mixes entirely. The practical takeaway for listeners: in this outbreak, caution demands more than a rinse under the tap.
An infectious disease physician warned that washing produce with water and soap may not be enough to kill Cyclospora — boiling is the only reliable method.
Washing contaminated produce with soap and water is not enough to kill Cyclospora. Boiling is the only reliable method. An infectious disease physician advised Americans to skip salad bars entirely until investigators identify the source of the outbreak.
More than 108 million Americans were under active heat alerts, with the heat dome stretching from the West Coast to the Northeast.
More than 108 million Americans are under heat alerts as a massive heat dome stretches coast to coast. The mechanism: high pressure traps hot air, caps the atmosphere, and steers the jet stream away — locking communities into dangerous temperatures for days at a time. Salt Lake City hit 109°F and Billings, Montana reached 111°F.
