But so is aflatoxin, which grows on peanuts, and sterigmatocystin (cheese), and whatever pesticides survive washing and go down your gullet with that spinach salad.

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Best bets: a warm spinach salad with pancetta and portobello mushrooms, and a grilled chicken paillard with grilled seasonal vegetables. l Les Routiers -- 568 Amsterdam Ave.

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As a precaution, Whole Foods Market has temporarily removed ALL fresh spinach and fresh salad mixes containing spinach from its stores.

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In 2012, cantaloupes, spinach and spring mix salad and mangoes were linked to outbreaks.

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They're eating every last bit of broccoli and spinach and cauliflower in those salad bars.

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