fecal matter
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Rather, it’s a parasite spread through produce infected with human fecal matter that contains the oocytes, or eggs, of the parasite.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The cyclospora parasite can spread on farms via human fecal matter.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
"They left me there all night, with damp walls, toilets in a deplorable state with hundreds of cockroaches and fecal matter that has built up over months," Castro recounted.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
"Female cockroaches eat more than males, so more endotoxins are shed from their fecal matter," explained Madhavi Kakumanu, an NC State research scholar in Schal's lab and co-corresponding author of the paper.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2025
Moira was not lying, water was running over the floor, and several pieces of disintegrating fecal matter.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
