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. -- Robert Kesterson [log in to unmask]