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       FOOD, SEX, AND SALMONELLA

       DR. DAVID WALTNER-TOEWS

      FOOD, SEX,

      

AND

      SALMONELLA

       WHY OUR FOOD IS MAKING US SICK

      GREYSTONE BOOKS

       DOUGLAS & MCINTYRE PUBLISHING GROUP

       Vancouver/Toronto/Berkeley

      Copyright © 2008 by David Waltner-Toews

       First Greystone Books edition 2008

      08 09 10 11 12 5 4 3 2 1

      The quote from Funtowicz and Ravetz on page 228 is from the website www.nusap.net and appears by permission. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written consent of the publisher or a license from The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). For a copyright license, visit www.accesscopyright.ca or call toll free to 1-800-893-5777.

      Greystone Books

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      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Waltner-Toews, David, 1948 – Food, sex and salmonella : why our food is making us sick / David Waltner-Toews.

      ISBN 978-1-55365-271-7

      I. Foodborne diseases. 2. Foodborne diseases—Prevention. I. Title.

      RA601.5.W34 2008 615.9’54 C2007-905228-2

      Editing by Nancy Flight

       Copy editing by Viola Funk

      Cover design by Peter Cocking

      Text design by Jessica Sullivan

       Printed and bound in Canada by Friesens

      Printed on acid-free paper that is forest friendly (100% post-consumer recycled paper) and has been processed chlorine free.

      Distributed in the U.S. by Publishers Group West

      We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, the Province of British Columbia through the Book Publishing Tax Credit, and the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) for our publishing activities.

       This book is dedicated to my partners in foodborne disease crime over the past couple of decades, especially Scott McEwen, Linda Harris, Andria Jones, Dominique Charron, and Sandy Lefebvre.

      Nothing is so much to be shunned as sex relations.

      All diseases of Christians are to be ascribed to demons.

       Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

      ST. AUGUSTINE (from various writings)

      CONTENTS

       5 THE YOUNG AND THE RETCHING

       Foodborne Bacterial Intoxications (Except Botulism)

       6 GRANDMA’S REVENGE

       Botulism

       7 IT MAY BE WORMS TO YOU

       (But It’s My Bread and Butter)

       Parasites

       8 ZOMBIES FROM THE DEEP

       Seafood Toxins

       WHEN SHE MOVES IN

       9 ARE WE SAFE YET?

       Transforming Danger into Risk

       10 ONE PERSON’S CURE, ANOTHER PERSON’S COFFIN

       Antibacterials, Pesticides, and Preservatives

       11 DANCING CAT MEETS CADMIUM CARROT

       Heavy Metals

       12 BREADWICHES, PEANUT LIVERS, AND CANCER-FREE AIRLINE SNACKS

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