Several hours after eating, a chilled three-bean salad containing home-canned green beans, family members have difficulty breathing and swallowing, double vision, and muscle weakness. What should they do?
a. Go to the hospital immediately because they may have botulism.
b. Drink plenty of fluids to dilute the foodborne toxins
c. Lie down to get rid of the symptoms.
d. Smell the leftover salad to see if it is spoiled.
e. Take an emetic to induce vomiting.
a
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