I used to LOVE sprouts.......now I don't touch them.
I just saw on the news, they are checking water, fertilizer and "harvesting conditions" for the cause of this spinach e-coli outbreak. "harvesting conditions" they should also check the legality of the workers while they are at it, and their bathroom facilities. Probably wear gloves like the people in the deli that never change them and handle other "things" with the same gloves. ICK!
I only buy stuff I can wash with soap and wter now......like potatoes, tomatoes and avocados. I am really weird when it comes to this germ stuff. :) I even washed my eggs this morning before I cracked them because they felt gritty.
Study: Prisons can't combat Islamic terror recruiting
by The Associated Press
Tuesday, September 19, 2006 9:53 AM EDT
WASHINGTON - U.S. prisons are becoming major breeding grounds for Islamic terrorists, but state and local authorities are too cash-strapped to prevent or track recruiting, a new report concludes.
The report, to be released Tuesday, found there aren't enough legitimately trained Muslim religious leaders to counsel an estimated 9,000 U.S. prison inmates who want Islamic services. That allows Islamist extremists to target their vulnerable prison-mates with distorted versions of the Quran and other Muslim readings that urge radicalization and violence.
“Radicalized prisoners are a potential pool of recruits by terrorist groups,” concludes the joint study by George Washington University and the University of Virginia. “The U.S., with its large prison population, is at risk of facing the sort of homegrown terrorism currently plaguing other countries.”
Additionally, state and local prison officials struggle to track radical behavior changes of inmates or religious counselors. And staff and funding shortages limit preventative programs, the report found, noting that California officials “report that every investigation into radical groups in their prisons uncovers new leads, but they simply do not have enough investigators to follow every case of radicalization.”......
http://www.auburnpub.com/articles/2006/09/19/news/nation_world/nation01.txt
Voila - had a big discovery moment a couple of weeks ago. I too LOVE sprouts but haven't bought them since the last e-coli event with them. Went to a local health food store and discovered sprout seeds are for sale in regular vitamin type bottles that can be grown at home. I was euphoric and bought a bottle of alfalfa sprouts. There's enough seeds in the bottle for many "crops" of them.