Raw Vegetables & Disease?

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Subject: Raw Vegetables & Disease?
From: [email hidden]
Date: 6/6/2004 10:06 AM Mountain Daylight Time
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Aren't some diseases (such as hepatitis) being acquired on
through eating raw vegetables?

Susan, Su_Texas my opinions

It is due to the human sewage placed on the vegetables ..

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from Guatemala -- which, it was subsequently postulated, had
been sprayed with pesticides mixed with water that could
have been contaminated with human sewage containing
Cyclospora -- were the likely source of the Cyclospora
outbreak, <<snip>>

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Aren't some diseases (such as hepatitis) being acquired on
through eating raw vegetables?

Yep, or fruits. There was a case involving hepatitis and
raspberries last year, as I recall. It shows the importance
of washing raw fruits or veggies after you get them home
from the store.

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Wasn't there a problem with some lettuce & salads, causing
severe illness & damage, and/or disease such as hepatitis,
some years ago? Esp. in children.

I remember seeing a TV special about it. "60 Minutes" or a
show like that.

Susan, Su_Texas my opinions

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Wasn't there a problem with some lettuce & salads, causing
severe illness & damage, and/or disease such as hepatitis,
some years ago? Esp. in children.

I remember seeing a TV special about it. "60 Minutes" or a
show like that.

Susan, Su_Texas my opinions

Hepatitis A can be transmitted by infected restaurant
workers, or other ways... here is a list of outbreaks: about-about-Open ↗
hepatitis.com/page5.htm

THEN... there was the deliberate sprinkling of salmonella in
a salad bar by a group wanting to influence a town:
cdc.govmcdade.htmOpen ↗

Plus the "raw juice" contamination that killed a little girl
in Colorado:
fda.gov199 irs.htmlOpen ↗

You can read all about food born illnesses here:
vm.cfsan.fda.govintro.htmlOpen ↗

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Hepatitis A can be transmitted by infected restaurant
workers, or other ways.

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Su_Texas writes:

When I was eating at the local hospital cafeteria in 1998-
1999, one of the workers in the kitchen had Hepatitis C
(from former drug use) which seemed sorta advanced, severe
pain & stuff, ... & the hospital was aware of this.

Hep C isn't food-borne (A and E are, B, C, and D are blood-
borne), so there would be no risk in such a case.

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Subject: Re: Raw Vegetables & Disease? From: Eric Bohlman
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Hep C isn't food-borne (A and E are, B, C, and D are blood-
borne), so there would be no risk in such a case.

unless the guy had a cut on his finger that was
bleeding..and blood got onto the food...then it is a
possibility..

personally I hope ALL such workers are wearing gloves at
all times...as it has been proven that their hand washing
after bathroom use is pretty dismal...

hawki.....

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At that time, I was seriously injured & had to eat at the
hospital cafeteria.

One thing I learned, is that cuts & bleeding are common in
the preparation of large amounts of food, ... from knives &
large prongs/forks, from opening so many cans, & such, ... &
from rushing, trying to work quickly.

Therefore, it would seem important, that food-prep-type
workers would have to pass some health screening tests, ESP.
if they work in hospitals.

Susan, Su_Texas my opinions

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Subject: Re: Raw Vegetables & Disease? From: su-
[email hidden] (su-texas, susan) Date: 6/8/2004 5:12 PM
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personally I hope ALL such workers are wearing gloves
at all times...as it

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One thing I learned, is that cuts & bleeding are common
in the preparation of large amounts of food,

I agree...which is my I think they ALL should wear
gloves...

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Therefore, it would seem important, that food-prep-type
workers would have to pass some health screening tests,
ESP. if they work in hospitals.

not a bad idea...but unless one is screened on a very
regular basis...one could still infect others..

how about ..screening AND gloves??

hawki.....

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Screening & gloves. I agree.

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At the local ER, there was one nurse who didn't like wearing
gloves, & who acted very arrogant & silly.

When she removed a needle, she'd hold it away from her, &
talk about how she didn't want to get anything on her, &
keep saying "Ew. Ew." Plus, she didn't put pressure on the
area where she'd just removed the needle. Talk about
hematoma, swelling & pain! She removed an IV from the back
of my hand, & did the job badly.

The hospitals probably need some IQ tests too, for the
nurses they hire.

I've also been curious, as to why the ERs use LVNs as
their nurses, instead of RNs. ??? And also why they always
seem to be training new people to do the basics, such as
needle sticks?

Susan, Su_Texas my opinions