Perspective on the Spinach E Coli Contamination

It's a shame our agriculture system is not doing very well to protect consumers from contamination. The E. Coli thing is going to scare lots of people away from eating raw vegetables unnecessarily.. meanwhile the food you get in the frozen section of your grocery store carries more ominous threats to the health of a larger number of people over a longer time - but we hear nothing about that in the press.

Here is Mike Adams' take on the issue and I agree 100%.

http://www.newstarget.com/020478.html

Excerpt:

While noting the strain of E. coli is dangerous, consumer advocate Mike Adams says the real story is that the FDA is using fear tactics to scare people away from healthy spinach while ignoring the millions of people harmed by food ingredients such as hydrogenated oils (trans fats), high fructose corn syrup, MSG, sodium nitrite, and a host of other chemicals.

"There's a clear double standard here in warning the public about dangerous foods," Adams said. "The FDA only seems interested in warning the public about the dangers of fresh produce, but never the dangers of processed foods containing harmful chemical additives."