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You can get parasites from animal faeces too.

• infecto 1mo ago
  From being barefoot? I think it’s pretty low on the risk list. There is absolutely an animal hookworm but it does not have the some risk as human hookworm. Sure if you eat the poop in your backyard you might get something so that is always important to think about!
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  • paulryanrogers 1mo ago
    Plenty of people have a backyard garden...
    • infecto 1mo ago
      I am still missing the point sorry. Infection risk from parasites is quite low via ingestion and even lower via skin. It’s quite low of a risk for ground vegetables and it’s why you want to rinse everything off to begin with. Non-zero but highly unlikely. Some eggs can last years but again washing your produce off is important.