that makes more sense: it's fairly easy to scrub cucumbers, but almost impossible to make sure you wash all the nooks and crannies in bean sproouts.
Both Canadian and American health officials have frequently given warnings about the dangers of bean sprouts, which have been responsible for well over 40 food borne illnesses around the world caused by either E.coli or Salmonella bacteria in the last 35 years or so.
The largest outbreak linked to sprouts took place in Japan in 1996, when 6,000 people got sick and 17 died after eating radish sprouts contaminated with E.coli O157: H7.
and no, although we eat mung beans in soup, we don't eat bean sprouts here in the provinces.
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Two "life is where you find it" articles: Deep earth devil worms found to live deep in the earth, and the discovery that bacteria don't need phosphorus but can substitute arsenic to live.
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the threat of "monoculture" vs numerous genomes for foods we eat is a worry...
The answer: Pay small farmers to cultivate traditional strains and pay them the difference.
Here, the strains used in the rice terraces sell for a higher price, but you only have so many gourmet customers, and in many areas folks eat what they grow, and so would rather plant a productive hybrid than plant a traditional type that produces less food.
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FYI: There's a drought in China
but it may only slightly affect their total output.
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Anti semitism behind this San Francisco initiative?
Or is it this reason?
and another question no one is asking: is "tuli" one of the reason for the low HIV rate in the Philippines?
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forget the food pyramid (which no one remembered anyway) and replace it with a round plate...
but why the "dairy" beverage on the side, when non Caucasians often have lactose intolerance?
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