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Attempts to trace E. coli outbreaks are often unsuccessful and misleading. Outbreaks tied to romaine spread farther and sicken more.
In the most recent battle in the unending war between farmers and bugs, the bugs are biting back by adapting to crops genetically engineered to kill them.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is still warning consumers to throw out their romaine lettuce after 32 people had reported cases of E. coli.
In the past, natural low-intensity ground fires thinned out the forests. But decades of fire suppression have let thickets grow dense, turning them into fuel for wildfires.