FW: The Daily Raw Inspiration - 9/25/06 Spinach Stuff

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Another POV on the spinach situation…

Sharyn

From: The Daily Raw

Inspiration from Jinjee at TheGardenDiet.com [mailto:info@...]

I have been researching the spinach situation and here's what I've

found:

1. 73,000 people a year, roughly 200 people a day are affected by e. coli

contamination from Beef.

2. Only 20 people have been affected by e. coli contamination from produce in

the last 10 years.

3. Some news sources especially the AP are trying to make it sound like there

have been 20 e. coli outbreaks from produce in the last five years. Their

wording is very clever. You have to read carefully to see that it is only 20

individual cases. This is hardly worth mentioning when you consider that around

200 people a day are affected by e. coli from Beef.

4. However this is not all bad, as now farmers will be more careful to not wash

produce with water that could be contaminated by cattle feces.

5. Don't buy produce from big farms that pre-package produce if you can buy

from a farmer's market instead.

6. Don't buy from farms that have livestock. Small produce farmers at farmer's

markets often just grow vegetables and fruits, and don't have animals.

For more details on the Spinach situation, articles from the FDA and CDC, and

emails from fellow readers etc...

see http://www.TheGardenDiet.com/spinach.html

Be Well,

Jinjee

http://www.TheGardenDiet.com