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Pork production in the United States is monitored and tapeworm free. You're much safer eating American pork than you are eating fish.

As noted in the article, the discussion is about human to human spread of this parasite. The solution there is even simpler, though more difficult: wash your hands regularly and thoroughly.



And even more importantly, wash your hands regularly and thoroughly when you are preparing food for others.


Agreed. Sanitation practices that seem obvious in the developed world assume infrastructure not available in many other areas. People who live in these places are not stupid, and I, for one, am glad that my morning ritual doesn't involve hauling fresh water from a mile away.




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