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But the US CDC played it down. It's still a "naturally occurring" bacteria and they are not too worried.
Meanwhile it's toxic and fatal in Europe..1600 sick across 10 countries.
Keep on giving those animals preventative drugs and chemicals.
We then eat that meat and that manure is spread on the crops.
Sooner or later these chemicals will become our own worst enemies.
Outbreak in Europe blamed on 'super-toxic' strain - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110602/ap_on_he_me/eu_contaminated_vegetables_europe - broken link)
"Chinese and German scientists analyzed the DNA of the E. coli bacteria and determined that the outbreak was caused by "an entirely new, super-toxic" strain that contains several antibiotic-resistant genes, according to a statement from the Shenzhen, China-based laboratory BGI. It said the strain appeared to be a combination of two types of E. coli."
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