The Truth Behind the Spinach Scare: Cheap Beef

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Christopher Wanjek
LiveScience's Bad Medicine Columnist
LiveScience.com
Wed Sep 27, 4:30 AM ET

When in Mexico, the saying goes, don't drink the water. You shouldn't eat the spinach either because it could be contaminated with the E. coli strain that has sickened close to 200 people in the United States and killed at least one, likely more.

. . . There are two ways for the U.S. government to greatly minimize the risk of an E. coli outbreak: start supporting local farming and stop mass-producing cattle, the true source of E. coli. Neither will happen soon, however, because it infringes on the American pursuit of cheap, crappy food.

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