2 More Spinach Related Deaths

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In Maryland, a woman died on Sept. 13 after eating spinach.

A 2-year-old boy in Salt Lake City died Wednesday of kidney failure due to hemolytic uremic syndrome, which is often associated with the E. Coli bacteria. His mother had blended spinach into a smoothie for him on Sept. 15.

These deaths bring the total to three. About 7 percent of the nation's 158 reported cases of infection were in children under 5. At least 83 people have been hospitalized and 27 have suffered from hemolytic uremic syndrome -- the same type of kidney complications that killed Kyle.

Toddler may have eaten bad spinach before he died