Mead, P. S., L. Slutsker, V. Dietz, L. F. McCaig, J. S. Bresee, P. M. Griffin
and R. V. Tauxe 1999. Food-related illness and death in the United States.
Emerging Infectious Diseases 5: 607-625.
Basically Paul Mead at the CDC (who by the way says _he_ was one that Dennis
Avery misquoted in "The Hidden Dangers in Organic food," American Outlook
Fall'98: 17-22 {Which is what was reported by the Wall Street Journal, Dec. 8,
1998, and is online at www.hudson.org}) writes that 78 million cases of
foodborne illness are estimated to occur each year in the US, with less than
9000 deaths occurring each year (as Klaus, I think) reported. (That's a
0.0115% chance, or 1 in 8667.)
Russ
-- Russ Bulluck Ph.D. Candidate Department of Plant Pathology North Carolina State University PO Box 7616 Raleigh, NC 27695-7616http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/plantpath/Personnel/Students/webpage.htm
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The soil population is so complex that it manifestly cannot be dealt with as a whole with any detail by any one person, and at the same time it plays so important a part in the soil economy that it must be studied. --Sir E. John Russell The Micro-organisms of the Soil, 1923 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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