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Most chicken sold in stores is contaminated, Consumer Reports says
Oregonian ^

Posted on 12/19/2013 12:04:43 PM PST by chessplayer

A report released Thursday indicates that just about all chicken sold in U.S. stores contains harmful bacteria, and nearly half are tainted with a so-called superbug that's resistant to antibiotics.

The Consumer Reports study, its most comprehensive to date on poultry, tested raw chicken breasts purchased at retail outlets nationwide for six bacteria, then checked for antibiotic resistance. The results showed nearly half of the samples were contaminated with at least one bacterium resistant to three or more classes of antibiotics, what's known as a superbug. Slightly more than 10 percent were tainted with two superbugs.

That finding is cause for alarm, said Urvashi Rangan, a toxicologist and executive director of Consumer Reports National Research Center.

"We're in a public health crisis," Rangan said. "Pharmaceutical companies are not making new antibiotics."

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chicken; chinachicken; foodsupply; health; poultry; superbugs
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To: Valpal1

Homemade chicken pie is gooood.

You reminded me I need to make one soon.


141 posted on 12/19/2013 5:30:34 PM PST by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization.))
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To: Rebelbase

Too funny!!!
Bleach is so under-rated


142 posted on 12/19/2013 5:51:06 PM PST by SisterK (behold a pale horse)
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To: Carry_Okie

I don’t use gentle hand soap, I use dish-washing liquid.


143 posted on 12/19/2013 6:38:24 PM PST by sickoflibs (Obama : 'If you like your Doctor you can keep him, PERIOD! Don't believe the GOPs warnings')
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To: sickoflibs
I don’t use gentle hand soap, I use dish-washing liquid.

No process is 100%. Do not assume you are getting them all. Any bugs that are left multiply on your skin. Moreover, dish detergent can render skin more susceptible to infection by forcing exfoliation and removing protective oils.

144 posted on 12/19/2013 6:42:55 PM PST by Carry_Okie (0-Care IS Medicaid; they'll pull a sheet over your head and take everything you own to pay for it.)
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To: Cementjungle
This is great news for me, since it means that I'm completely immune to this bacteria.

It'll give your immune system something to play with.

145 posted on 12/19/2013 6:46:28 PM PST by tacticalogic
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To: Carry_Okie
RE :”No process is 100%. Do not assume you are getting them all. Any bugs that are left multiply on your skin. Moreover, dish detergent can render skin more susceptible to infection by forcing exfoliation and removing protective oils. “

OK,OK, I will wear the tin foil hat because nothing is 100% safe

You are too much.

BTW, its very dangerous for you to be on a computer right now.
Its not 100% safe.

Man electrocuted while hooked to laptop

146 posted on 12/19/2013 6:48:47 PM PST by sickoflibs (Obama : 'If you like your Doctor you can keep him, PERIOD! Don't believe the GOPs warnings')
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To: sickoflibs
You are too much.

Your denial of reality was too little. The bugs are here. Washing your hands may help, but it won't keep you safe. They will soon become normal flora.

147 posted on 12/19/2013 6:52:26 PM PST by Carry_Okie (0-Care IS Medicaid; they'll pull a sheet over your head and take everything you own to pay for it.)
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To: B4Ranch
On cue....


148 posted on 12/19/2013 6:57:51 PM PST by Daffynition (Make Laura Bush's *Cowboy Cookies* for Christmas! They're GREAT!)
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To: sickoflibs

Yes, the lesson here is... never lick a raw chicken.

You’re welcome.


149 posted on 12/19/2013 6:58:01 PM PST by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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To: Carry_Okie
You are risking your life right now, stay away from anything electric

Man electrocuted while hooked to laptop

150 posted on 12/19/2013 7:03:08 PM PST by sickoflibs (Obama : 'If you like your Doctor you can keep him, PERIOD! Don't believe the GOPs warnings')
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To: Pining_4_TX

Raw poultry doesn’t appeal to me at all.


151 posted on 12/19/2013 7:04:28 PM PST by sickoflibs (Obama : 'If you like your Doctor you can keep him, PERIOD! Don't believe the GOPs warnings')
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To: BfloGuy

I think that was indigenous to our area.

The Midwest


152 posted on 12/19/2013 9:20:12 PM PST by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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