Posted on 06/05/2011 6:25:22 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Without any prompting, he mentioned that the e. coli outbreak may have been the first shot fired in this new war. Syria, with its massive WMD installations, plus Saddam's donations 10 years ago, could be sending a message to the West to leave it alone during the current unrest.
It was a very strange comment from a man (a former cancer researcher) who is very pro-Obama, anti-military and socially leftist. I got the impression that he believes that the disease is engineered.
If I had to engineer an international conspiracy to fit this situation, Iran and Syria would figure.
While al Qaeda actually seems to support attacks on Qadaffi, both Iranian and Syrian govts are allies of Qadaffi, who is being pounded by Germany/NATO
Wasn’t it just last month that Iran withheld for hours, permission for Merkel’s plane to cross its airspace
Of course any deliberate biowarface action by one govt against another would be very well obfuscated, to send its message but avoid retaliation .. as some other recent “acts” like airliner downings could have been done
If deliberate act occurred it could just be a crime or the act of a madman. It sure is doing a job on the EU economies, one of the goals of agro-terror
bean sprouts?
How it mutated and how it got there will be an interesting story!
Water is usually chlorinated, unless it’s from wells. The sheer volume of water is another issue. There are softer underbellies out there.
"First it's the `evil' Spaniards, and then you hear, very surprised, that it is our neighbor," said Dietrich Benni, who lives near the German farm. "It's a bit scary all of this, especially that it is coming from an organic place."
He added: "No more organic food for me for now."
The farm was shut down Sunday and all its produce recalled, including fresh herbs, fruits, flowers and potatoes. Two of its employees were also infected with E. coli, Lindemann said. He said 18 different sprout mixtures from the farm were under suspicion, including sprouts of mung beans, broccoli, peas, chickpeas, garlic lentils and radishes.
As for how the sprouts became contaminated, Lindemann noted that they are grown with steam in barrels at 38 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit) - an ideal environment for bacteria to multiply.
He said it is possible that the water was contaminated with E. coli or that the sprout seeds - purchased in Germany and other countries - contained the germ. He said the farmers had not used any manure, which is commonly spread on organic farms and has been known to cause E. coli outbreaks.
Interesting comments from the article. It doesn't address how the e. coli mutated, and notes that they don't know if the farm used manure, a common vector point for other e. coli outbreaks.
We don't know enough yet, but this one disease sure has spread fast ...
I agree completely. It would kill the pathogens and keep produce fresh for so much longer. So much of our food is just tossed out because of spoilage.
From Blue Lancer, via Eaker:
200 years from now, I want their children's children's children's children to cower and cringe in fear whenever they hear the sounds of jet engines overhead because their legends tell of fire from the sky. I want them to hide in dark caves and holes in the earth, shivering with terror whenever they hear the roar of diesel engines because the tales of their ancestors talk about metal monsters crawling over the earth, spitting death and destruction.
I want their mothers to be able to admonish them with "If you don't behave, the Pale Destroyers will come for you", and that will be enough to reduce them to quivering obeisance.
I want the annihilation to be so complete that their mythology will tell them of the day of judgment when the stern gods from across the sea .. the powerful 'Mericans .. destroyed their forefathers' wickedness.
WE live in interesting enough times.
I’m not eager for them to get interestinger.
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