What do you think are the chances of a connection with e-coli on vegetables and immigrant farm workers?
2006-10-09 13:27:10 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
Who put the "3" key right by the "E" key?
2006-10-09 13:29:59 · update #1
Duh. While most farming done in the US is done by the white man (oh...people are gonna pelt me for that one.) the fact of the matter is YES, Mexicans do pick our fruits and veggies in California and some other Western states.
The odds are with the majority. E-coli comes from one place honey. Yumm...someone didn't washy washy. Chances are it was a Mexican.
2006-10-09 13:30:45 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The organism can be found on most cattle farms, and it is commonly found in petting zoos and can live in the intestines of healthy cattle, deer, goats, and sheep. Meat can become contaminated during slaughter, and organisms can be accidentally mixed into meat when it is ground. Bacteria present on the cow's udders or on equipment may get into raw milk. In a petting zoo, E.coli O157:H7 can contaminate the ground, railings, feed bins, and fur of the animals.
Eating meat, especially ground beef, that has not been cooked sufficiently to kill E. coli O157:H7 can cause infection. Contaminated meat looks and smells normal. The number of organisms required to cause disease is very small.
Among other known sources of infection are consumption of sprouts, lettuce, spinach, salami, unpasteurized milk and juice, and by swimming in or drinking sewage-contaminated water.
Bacteria in loose stool of infected persons can be passed from one person to another if hygiene or hand washing habits are inadequate. This is particularly likely among toddlers who are not toilet trained. Family members and playmates of these children are at high risk of becoming infected.
Young children typically shed the organism in their feces for a week or two after their illness resolves. Older children and adults rarely carry the organism without symptoms.
Unclean habits spread it. I think they as a group can not be blamed. It happens often-more than most know. The severity of it if what makes the news.
2006-10-09 21:08:03 · answer #2 · answered by *** The Earth has Hadenough*** 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The immigrant farm workers do NOT set the policies on the farms that allow e-coli, the owners of the farms do.
The guidelines forbid me to tell you what I think of you and your question, but attacking the most powerless, and blaming everything bad thing that happens to them is the time-honored tactic of the -- no, the guidelines forbid me to say.
No, the people who pick the crops are not the likeliest source of the bacteria.
2006-10-09 21:47:41 · answer #3 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No connection. Damn America and turning everyone but us in the world into terrorists.
Oh yeah... And screw e-coli. I'm not scared of it. I want my spinich!
2006-10-09 20:32:39 · answer #4 · answered by heroinglitter 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
100%
2006-10-10 03:10:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
100%.
2006-10-09 20:28:48 · answer #6 · answered by me 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Who knows what they have or what they brought here with them in the way of diseases? (the illegals)
2006-10-09 20:30:28 · answer #7 · answered by AveGirl 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i don't know, I don't care but I'm having spinach withdrawals!!! I'm getting the shakes and I need my spinach!!!!
2006-10-09 20:35:54 · answer #8 · answered by ´¯0())))»·.¸¸.·´´¯`··._.· 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a conspiracy I tell ya!
2006-10-09 20:28:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋