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New killer of cruising sailors
Why, it is E.Coli from fresh vegetables. For two million years, humans have
been eating fresh vegetables and finally we learn we can die from it. What incredible stuff one can find out about on the Internet. http://takehersailingboard.infopop.c...016594&f=99560 83605&m=630105035&r=479100135#479100135 btw, here what the FDA has to say about E.Coli. Not that the most susiptble are the very young and the elderly, which of course is most cruising sailors out there. http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap15.html |
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New killer of cruising sailors
Yup!
For milllions of years humankind would wash all their food and wash their hands before eating. Ever notice how many people wash their hands at a public toilet? .... virtually none. In article , JAXAshby wrote: Why, it is E.Coli from fresh vegetables. For two million years, humans have been eating fresh vegetables and finally we learn we can die from it. What incredible stuff one can find out about on the Internet. http://takehersailingboard.infopop.c...016594&f=99560 83605&m=630105035&r=479100135#479100135 btw, here what the FDA has to say about E.Coli. Not that the most susiptble are the very young and the elderly, which of course is most cruising sailors out there. http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap15.html |
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New killer of cruising sailors
And people simply didn't eat fresh greens or uncooked veggies in third
world countries. Nothing has changed in that area. Why would people think things have changed? More intelligence on Earth? Rich Hampel wrote: Yup! For milllions of years humankind would wash all their food and wash their hands before eating. Ever notice how many people wash their hands at a public toilet? .... virtually none. In article , JAXAshby wrote: Why, it is E.Coli from fresh vegetables. For two million years, humans have been eating fresh vegetables and finally we learn we can die from it. What incredible stuff one can find out about on the Internet. http://takehersailingboard.infopop.c...016594&f=99560 83605&m=630105035&r=479100135#479100135 btw, here what the FDA has to say about E.Coli. Not that the most susiptble are the very young and the elderly, which of course is most cruising sailors out there. http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap15.html -- The SPAM finally got to me. Remove "-sorry-" from my address to reply directly. |
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New killer of cruising sailors
E.Coli is part of the natural flora of the human digestive tract. That is
why it is used as an indicator of human polution in water. Vegies that have E. Coli in them is a result of countries that use human waste as fertilizer. It is only when one gets a massive dose that the body can't handle then one gets sick. I suspect that some sub-strains exists as well that are more aggressive. Doug s/v Callista "JAXAshby" wrote in message ... Why, it is E.Coli from fresh vegetables. For two million years, humans have been eating fresh vegetables and finally we learn we can die from it. What incredible stuff one can find out about on the Internet. http://takehersailingboard.infopop.c...016594&f=99560 83605&m=630105035&r=479100135#479100135 btw, here what the FDA has to say about E.Coli. Not that the most susiptble are the very young and the elderly, which of course is most cruising sailors out there. http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap15.html |
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And people simply didn't eat fresh greens or uncooked veggies in third
world countries. Nothing has changed in that area. Why would people think things have changed? More intelligence on Earth? The last nomads in southern Africa (later 1960's, early 1970's) were known to eat upwards of 300 difference species of plants, and 60 species of animals, without health problems associated with nutrition. By mid 1990's, they were "domesticated" and eating about 7 species of plants and 4 or 5 species of animals, and did indeed have nutritional associated health problems. |
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That sounds like a loaded observation. Were they (the nomads) suddendly
clustered together. Any refs re your comments? I read an article on the day the psychotic computer HAL was born (January 19, 1996?) in Urbana ILL [grin]. the article was written by a man who did his PhD on those nomads in 1968(?) and who returned to study them again in the mid 1990's. Much had changed, including the food habits, including the effort worked each day for food (from about 3 hours a day as hunter/gatherers to 8 hours a day working in civilization). |
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New killer of cruising sailors
Patron: Gimme a sandwich. Waiter: Mad cow beef, mercury fish or salmonella
chicken? Patron: err maybe a salad instead. OK pesticide or hepatitis? Never mind, just water please. Processed sewage or farm runoff? .... |
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New killer of cruising sailors
The E.Coli in our digestive tracts is not the
same as the one or more that can make you dreadfully sick. You might say they just share the first name of a long name sequence. It is not easily washed away and food that has it would have to be boiled for a while before the bacteria would be killed. A 'massive dose' in the world of microbiology can be an amount that you could fit on the head of a pin. Luckily, it is not that common. Outbreaks can be controlled if health authorities investigate and act to control the source. In absence of that, use good judgement and eat only food that you know has not made others sick. (cruiser rule # 4329) |
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New killer of cruising sailors
E. Coli is not much of a problem in the US where vegetables are grown
with chemical fertilizer. A fresh water rinse is usually all that is needed. Because we are rarely exposed to it, our immune systems have lost much of our ability to fight E. Coli infections. OTOH, Many smaller countries where cruisers may shop for produce use manure, both animal and human for fertilizer. The locals have developed a tollerance for it but it is ALWAYS a good idea to rinse veggies purchased in third world markets in a dilute solution of chlorine bleach and water. It is standard practice among many long distance cruisers. JAXAshby wrote: Why, it is E.Coli from fresh vegetables. For two million years, humans have been eating fresh vegetables and finally we learn we can die from it. What incredible stuff one can find out about on the Internet. http://takehersailingboard.infopop.c...016594&f=99560 83605&m=630105035&r=479100135#479100135 btw, here what the FDA has to say about E.Coli. Not that the most susiptble are the very young and the elderly, which of course is most cruising sailors out there. http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap15.html -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com |
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