A Toxic Harvest: Lettuce, Liability, and the Limits of Corporate Accountability The cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell locations in five states has left a devastating trail of destruction.
Over 4,000 cases have been reported, with more than 300 hospitalizations. For one Detroit woman, Ella Salone Jones, who has Stage 5 kidney disease, the experience was particularly harrowing.
In an interview with CBS News Detroit, Jones described her bathroom trips in excruciating detail: "Thirty to 40 times a day. " Her words echoed the desperation and misery faced by those affected by this outbreak.