KNTV NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt January 25, 2020 10:22:00
This is lucas now. a little more than a year ago, he got e. coli from romaine lettuce, in a salad he shared with his dad on a family vacation to california now, the 3-year-old is blind, barely moves, >> i don't leave hlife >> reporter: there are now more e. coli illnesses caused by vegetables like romaine and leafy greens than any other food group 48%. since 2017, there have been eight outbreaks sickening 508 people, killing six. but the fda has not fined a single grower, in part because the agency often can't trace back the source of contamination to a particular farm. >> the fda is heavily d...