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Officials look at romaine lettuce as possible source of Ont. E. coli outbreak
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| UmmiE |
By The Canadian Press
TORONTO - Officials in at least one region affected by an E. coli outbreak in Ontario are zeroing in on romaine lettuce.
There have been 24 confirmed cases of E. coli 0517:H7 in the Niagara, Halton, Guelph and Waterloo regions.
Laboratory testing has determined that cases in the four health units have the same DNA fingerprint.
Niagara Region's associate medical officer of health says their investigations have shown romaine lettuce to be the only thing "significantly related" to their cases.
Doug Sider says most of the confirmed cases in the region were linked to two restaurants, but of the ones that weren't, the sick people had still eaten romaine lettuce.
Sider says the two restaurants do not share a supplier, so the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will be looking back further to see if there was a common point of distribution.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/...e_coli_outbreak |
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| Jem_hadar |
See! Proof I shouldnt be eating salads!
I cant wait to tell little Bender about this! |
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| Aleksandra |
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| Aleks_B |
^ right on. thats something alot of people could use.
This is just evidence that food comes with all kinds of hitchhikers on it. We can only imagine where our food comes from.... :| |
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| VERTiG0 |
| So, I heard about this clear liquid that comes out of your tap when you actuate the handle... |
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| Abercrombie |
| I hope it's not Andy Boy 3-in-a-bag Romaine, or I'll be I'll be spraying geysers. |
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| PurpleHaze |
| Meh. Media is gay. |
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| Skipper |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
So, I heard about this clear liquid that comes out of your tap when you actuate the handle... |
Good point, providing you don't live in Walkerton. |
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| Aleks_B |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
So, I heard about this clear liquid that comes out of your tap when you actuate the handle... |
yeah, it would be nice if pesticides and "Food Contact Substances" were water soluble. LOL |
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| rabbitjoker |
| You're a source of E. coli! |
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| DigiNut |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
So, I heard about this clear liquid that comes out of your tap when you actuate the handle... |
Yes, that's dihydrogen monoxide, quite dangerous. Causes sweating, abdominal cramps, nausea, diarrhea, and in extreme cases death. Avoid it. |
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| The Ear |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
Yes, that's dihydrogen monoxide, quite dangerous. Causes sweating, abdominal cramps, nausea, diarrhea, and in extreme cases death. Avoid it. |
^5 proper lol'd on that one. |
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