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yellowcanine

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48. "i find it strange when someone does not err on the safe side of these issues"

Wed Mar 25, 2015, 08:17 AM

Mar 2015

Better stay away from uncooked organic spinach then as it was the source of an e coli outbreak which infected 199 people in 26 states, causing hemolytic uremic syndrome a type of kidney failure in 31 people and three deaths in 2006.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_North_American_E._coli_O157:H7_outbreak_in_spinach

And again in 2012 - this time no one died but 33 people were infected in five states and two people had hemolytic uremic syndrome.
http://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/2012/O157H7-11-12/index.html

And just this month, frozen organic spinach was recalled as a precaution as a result of suspected infection with Listeria monocytogenes which is the third leading cause of death from a food borne illness.
http://www.today.com/health/amys-kitchen-frozen-spinach-recalls-linked-listeria-2D80567685

Unlike glyphosate, there is actual evidence that organic spinach is a serious health risk for humans.

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