08 Jul 2011Investigators are still trying to determine the root cause of the E. coli outbreak in Germany, but they already know the grim death toll: 50 lives gone as of last weekend, due to the consumption of bean sprouts contaminated by a new strain of the bacteria.
The source of fatalities may be an organic farm in Germany or possibly seeds grown in Egypt. What we know for certain right now is that the solution to the problem of food-borne illness is technology - and that’s true whether we’re talking about advanced nations in Europe or developing countries, such as my own, in Asia and Africa.
http://greenbio.checkbiotech.org/news/food_security_depends_truth_science
