2007-01-27 16:07:18 · 4 answers · asked by maivas229 5 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
I know in the first outbreak of e-coli in the spinach, it wasn't a problem of using recycled water to irrigate the spinach, the source of contamination was from a wild pig or boar that got e-coli in to the water supply as it irrigated the fields.
I do not think there is an issue with using the correct type of recycled water. Some water run off cannot be recycled for crop irrigfation.
The problem is that there is inadequate testing for e-coli and other contaminants of the delivered product.
I do not know what the investigation of the lettuce discovered.
2007-01-27 16:18:49 · answer #1 · answered by KingGeorge 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If treated correctly than the water is safer than the stuff coming out of your tap. Water comes in 3 flavours, being white/clean which is your drinking water, gray water, which is what you would get from your washing machine or dishwasher or shower, and black water, which is basically sewage or similar.
Keeping in mind that every drop of water has been on the planet since day 1 and the system is practically closed we have been consuming recycled water now for about 4 billions years.
2007-01-28 00:16:46 · answer #2 · answered by darklydrawl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Most of our drinking water is recycled in some way. The e-coli outbreak was due to contaminated water from farms nearby who had cattle that infected the water.
2007-01-28 00:21:04 · answer #3 · answered by hopflower 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those Mexican workers are pooping on the spinach again.
2007-01-28 07:32:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋