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"Food poisoning strikes as many as 1 in 4 each year, CDC says" by Mike Stobbe, Associated Press | February 20, 2009
ATLANTA - Next time you have a case of diarrhea that lasts a day or more, chances are better than 1 in 3 that it was food poisoning. As many as a quarter of Americans have a foodborne illness each year - though only a fraction of those cases gets linked to high-profile outbreaks like the recent salmonella-peanut scare, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
Many sick people just soldier on without seeing a doctor.... despite sometimes dramatic problems in food production and inspections, the US food supply is still considered one of the safest in the world....
Then the safety of the world's food supply must suck.
Food poisoning affects an estimated 25 percent of Americans every year. That compares with roughly 30 percent of people in industrialized countries, according to the World Health Organization. The toll is much higher in developing countries, where diarrheal diseases are a major cause of death for children.
But not all of our food comes from within our borders, as demonstrated by last summer's vegetable-caused outbreak.That's why it is best to EAT LOCALLY-GROWN!
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