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E. COLI linked to Natural Selection Foods

A Califonia natural company has been linked to the E. Coil nationwide outbreak. The outbreak has killed one person and 29 others have been hospitalized. The bug has infected at least 94 people in the United States. The disease has been reported in 19 states. These states include California, Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming. Experts believe that the out break was spread through contamination by fecal material from cattle. Brackett said "the use of manure as a fertilizer for produce typically consumed raw, such as spinach, is not in keeping with good agricultural practices." If anyone knows anything about farming they would know that manure is a great fertilizer it is also cheap or even free. If a farmer owns cattle he has to dispose of the manure some how so a lot of the time they will put it on there Fields instead of buying fertilizers. If E.coli can contaminate a field that easily should we be worried for our health. When we buy produce and other goods at the store we don't know what kind of fertilizers or pesticides were used. We should all be more concerned and aware of what is being put on our produce and other foods before we consume them.

posted by Anonymous @ 9/21/2006 10:23:00 PM