Friday, October 2, 2009

Washing Raw Leafy Greens - Can Lettuce Be Cleaned?

The following link describes a study done in 2006 in Bolivia. After having taken samples of lettuce and thoroughly washing each sample to prepare it for human consumption, over 53% of the samples still had parasites.

http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?pid=S1315-25562006000200007&script=sci_abstract&tlng=en

The findings via this study suggest that lettuce cannot be washed effectively and that more needs to be done to prepare lettuce for human consumption.

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