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Bean sprouts are well known to be dangerous when eaten raw.

'Such infections, which are so frequent in the United States that investigators call them "sproutbreaks", may be a result of contaminated seeds or of unhygienic production with high microbial counts.'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprouting#Health_concerns



Yeah, you'll have to wash and boil them, not too long though or they're not crunchy anymore.




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