15/12/02 9:29:44 PM, David Harrison <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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  Infant mortality is lower now than
>in Paleo times because (one reason) of a safer food supply
>-David

Is there evidence for this? I'd assumed that population was controlled by other than disease. After all, they had
never heard of the "missionary position".
>
>> Gotta agree with Rob on this one. Having lived in the third
>> world, and been sick every couple of weeks for the first
>> year, I can say that food borne pathogens are serious
>> business. A friend almost died, and several aqauintance's
>>
>
I've had very little exposure to the third world, but have eaten stuff there that would have been better raw. At
least I would have been able to guess a what it was.
BTW my first ever raw hamburger was in a restaurant in Holland, notorious for cleanliness. Cook to 165 indeed! :)


William