Posted on 05/27/2011 6:33:39 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
Three people in Britain have been diagnosed with a lethal strain of E.Coli that has already killed five people in Germany.
Almost 300 people in northern Germany are in hospital and around 500 more are being tested for the infection.
Organic cucumbers from Spain are thought to be the source of the bacteria, but travellers to Germany are also being advised to avoid eating raw tomatoes and lettuce.
The Robert Koch Institute, Germany's national disease centre, said 60 cases had been reported in the last 24 hours alone, and infections have also been confirmed in Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands.
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This is very true. I was there last year and I was shocked by how devastated and barren it is becoming.The little towns there are also dying.
For some reason, I get the impression that the US govt wants to punish the growers there, but I'm not sure exactly why. Perhaps it's the environmentalists' hatred of the dread "agribusiness"?
Thanks for your comments. Where do you find food-grade peroxide?
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