On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:13:55 -0600, Philip <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Yup, the article confirms what Dr. Eades said:
>
> <<... leading some microbiologists to suggest that it arose inindustrial  
> livestock, which are force-fed grain and pumped with antibiotics.
>
> "The strain that caused September's spinach outbreak, which killed three  
> and sickened about 200, has been found in cattle feces near a California  
> spinach field and in wild pigs that roamed through it.>>
>
> Regardless of what specific food was contaminated by the e. coli, whether
> green onions or something else, we know that this virulent strain of e  
> coli has only been found in livestock that are fed grain.

Not according to the article (unless someone is feeding grain to the wild  
pigs).

> Returning to feeding livestock on pasture and hay is the solution.

Don't you think it might have more to do with the concentrated number of  
anmals in a small area and the dosing with antibiotics?  If you have 500  
animals crowded into a pen the size of a football field, there will be  
problems that just won't be the same if those same animals are in a 500  
acre pasture, regardless of what they're eeating.  Returning the cattle to  
pasture feeding probably would solve the problem, but maybe not for the  
reasons you think.

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   Robert Kesterson
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