A nationwide explosive diarrhea crisis that has left thousands clinging to their toilets and hospitalized others also seems to have another victim: lettuce growers in California.

Some like Larry Cox, who runs Coastline Family Farms in Salinas Valley, are trashing their lettuce crop and throwing the vegetables back into the soil, the Wall Street Journal reported. This week, Cox dumped 300,000 pounds of his romaine hearts.

The ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak has been linked to Taylor Farms, a California-based lettuce supplier.

Even though the source responsible has been “linked to iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico and recalled by Taylor…

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