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Forcing workers to drag a "porta potty" through lettuce fields so farmers don't have to pay for the restroom breaks could be causing this.

If I was a farm worker I wouldn't be too upset about not having to go perhaps a long ways to use a restroom and be able to clean my hands afterwards.

If you were a farm worker who was paid piece rates rather than hourly, you might be less happy about that

Why? Not having to walk across a field saves them time, so they can spend more time harvesting, so they make more money.

Outrage notwithstanding, the last couple of these have been caused by water contaminated with animal feces.