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Those Tiny White Worms in Strawberries: Should You Worry?

You are standing in your kitchen with a bowl of bright, glossy strawberries in front of you. You rinse a few, maybe pop one in your mouth, and for a…

Those Tiny White Worms in Strawberries: Should You Worry?

You are standing in your kitchen with a bowl of bright, glossy strawberries in front of you. You rinse a few, maybe pop one in your mouth, and for a second everything feels like summer. Then you remember a video: someone soaking strawberries in salt water, and suddenly tiny white worms wriggling out.

Naturally the question comes up. Are there really worms in your strawberries, and have you been eating them all along? Let us talk about it calmly and honestly, because the reality is much less alarming than the viral clips suggest.

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