Topic
Parasites
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Food Poison Journal
FAO Says Washing and Chlorine Do Not Reliably Remove Cyclospora From Produce. After 12,883 People Got Sick From Iceberg Lettuce, Here Is What Actually Protects You.
By Bill Marler
As of October 14, 2026, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has a new fact sheet on Cyclospora cayetanensis which, as Food Safety News reports it, says the parasite “is not reliably eliminated by washing…
Food Poison Journal
You Cannot Wash This Parasite Off: Nine States, 1,947 Illnesses, and No Validated Kill Step for Cyclospora
By Bill Marler
Marler carries one message to the world’s largest food safety conference this week: no rinse, no chlorine wash and no post-harvest process in commercial use will remove Cyclospora from lettuce.…
Cyclospora Blog
FAQs on Cyclospora
By Bill Marler
Cyclospora Cyclospora is a parasite, not a bacterium, and it behaves like one—causing a prolonged, relapsing illness that can drag on for weeks. It is usually traced to fresh imported produce,…
Cyclospora Blog
WHAT IS CYCLOSPORA?
By Bill Marler
Cyclospora is a parasite composed of one cell, too small to be seen without a microscope. The organism was previously thought to be a blue-green alga or a large form of Cryptosporidium. Cyclospora cayetanensis was…
Worms & Germs Blog
Echinococcus multilocularis in Dogs: North America
By Scott Weese
Parasites are pretty gross in general - both the organisms themselves, and the concept of them living in or on you. Some parasites are of limited concern to people and…
Food Safety News
Australian experts urge proper cooking after finding parasite in meat
Scientists in Australia have identified a parasite in game deer and feral pigs for the first time. Researchers at Charles Sturt University discovered the Sarcocystis species of parasite during their…
Food Safety News
Should I be worried about worms eating my brain? Setting the record straight on the dangers of ‘brain worms’
By Jonan Pilet
Can I get a “brain worm” from eating undercooked meat? There’s little I find more terrifying than the idea of something living and crawling around inside me. Based on the…
The Right Coast
This Parasite Can Manipulate The Minds of Chimps, Mice and Probably You – The Messenger
LURKING IN about one in three people worldwide is a parasite that s remarkably adept at changing the behavior of a wide range of warm-blooded hosts humans included.On its face,…
The Right Coast
Horrifying parasitic worm snatches its host’s genes to control its mind | Live Science
Parasitic horsehair worms that dwell in the guts of praying mantises compel their hosts to walk to water and drown themselves. Now, scientists have discovered the secret to these worms' horrifying…
Worms & Germs Blog
Raccoon Roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis) Infections in People
By Scott Weese
I get a surprising number of emails from people concerned about Baylisascaris procyonis, the raccoon roundworm. Some are just a bit concerned while others are almost paralyzed by fear at…