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“'EXPLOSIVE DIARRHEA PARASITE' SICKENS HUNDREDS IN U.S.”
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Cyclospora can't spread person-to-person — only via contaminated food!
The parasite needs 1–2 weeks outside a host to become infectious. U.S. outbreaks are often traced to imported fresh herbs like cilantro and basil, which are notoriously hard to decontaminate by washing.
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The 1993 Milwaukee crypto outbreak sickened 400,000 people!
The largest waterborne disease event in U.S. history, it spread through contaminated tap water, killed over 100 immunocompromised residents, and prompted sweeping federal water treatment reforms still in effect today.
This storyHow many acres burned in France's record-breaking 2022 Gironde wildfires?
- ~18,000 acres
- ~74,000 acres
- ~150,000 acres
- ~300,000 acres
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~74,000 acres
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- 2%
- 8%
- 18%
- 35%
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18%
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