On AlterNet: e coli

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "e coli"

Why Is Crappy Fast Food Safer Than School Lunches?

Tara Lohan, AlterNet: PEEK. December 28, 2009.

Thanks to the USDA, at school our kids are eating the equivalent of pet food.

No One Wants to Die From Dinner -- Here's a Quick Primer on What's Safe to Eat and Who's Looking Out for Your Health

Vanessa Barrington, EcoSalon. October 17, 2009.

Thousands are dying every year from food-borne illness and we have a confusing morass of regulations and agencies charged with enforcing them. How to sort out the mess?

Warning: Eating Meat May Cause Sickness, Paralysis and Death

Tom Laskawy, Grist.org. October 12, 2009.

This year almost half a million pounds of E. coli infected beef have been recalled and sadly the government is far more concerned with protecting companies than public health.

Is Our Food Any Safer Since the Last E. Coli Outbreak?

Carl Nagin, California Coast and Ocean. October 18, 2007.

Farmers are now forced to comply with an array of new food safety measures, some of which are scientifically unproven and environmentally harmful.

Corporate Agribusiness Is Behind Our Deadly Food Supply

Sally Kohn, AlterNet. December 18, 2006.

An E. coli outbreak in China could spell disaster in your own dining room.