Liquid soap in bulk, refillable dispensers can become contaminated and actually increase the number of disease-causing microbes when people wash their hands with it, according to research published in the May issue of the journal
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Seattle Lab Finds Tainted Grocery Store Chickens
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A Seattle microbiologist reports that he found the pathogen Staphylococcus aureus on nearly half, and Campylobacter on more than half, of 100 raw chicken samples collected from area grocery stores.
The contaminated poultry included organic…
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Researchers Unlock One E. coli Mystery
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By following a “guiding light,” USDA researchers were able to unlock one piece of the baffling puzzle about how the potentially fatal E. coli O157:H7 can contaminate spinach and other salad greens.
The good…
Has China Learned from Melamine Scandal?
By Dan Flynn on
Whether it was Great Leap Forward turning out to be a reversal or the Cultural Revolution ending up in chaos, it was years before China’s top political bodies felt secure enough to talk about any…
Floodwaters Increase Cholera Deaths in Haiti
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A Cholera outbreak continues to spread in earthquak-ravaged Haiti. Late last week, the Pan American Health Organization announced that the death toll in the outbreak has risen from 442 three days ago to 501, while…
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Needles Found in Sausage in Toronto
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For at least the third time this year, metropolitan police in Canada are investigating reports of food tampering.
The Toronto Police Service is the latest to find itself on the trail of food tamperers. Since…
Pins, Needles, and Buttons Found In Food
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The Oakridge Calgary Co-op Grocery Store had to close briefly and now has expand a recall it began Monday after finding food on its shelves was tampered with.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and…