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I'm with you. That was my very first position on the matter. And I still believe it. BTW, when I was a young girl, I myself worked in the fields. The unsanitary conditions are appalling.
Edit: I might also add that yes, sometimes people didn't want to stop their work to find a "potty". |
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Mr Bean
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I'm not gonna say you're wrong but don't try to make everybody believe that Americans are clean. Just pick up a store and go check the bathroom.
According to the first part of your question, every field should have a restroom with running water, right? And what else? A McDonalds? Grow up!
Blame the processing plants instead. They cut down costs in order to make more money and as a result they end up infecting people. |
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poorsias
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In the recent spinach case, the E. coli was INSIDE the plant. E. coli is a faculatative anaerobe, meaning it requires little oxygen to grow. Therefore, it can infiltrate the root system and grow inside the network of the plant were oxygen availablity is poor. Handwashing, and washing the plant for that matter, would have no reductive effect on the amount of E. coli IN the plant. Now you could argue that the workers were shittin' in the field. That's plausible. |
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vaughndhume
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They may also be investigating the possibility that the contamination was a practice run by mid-east terrorists. Imagine that a big gaping hole in the nation's border security allowing the food supply to be hit. Who would have thought.
It is possible. Remember the anthrax in Washington DC? |
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Never thought of it that way. I know they have porta potties or are supposed to in the fields but I doubt enough. Greed by the large corps. I suppose. I am totally against illegal immigrants but these latest Taco Bell incidents and others should be a wake up call. |
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Jack C
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Since when is the employer's failure to provide adequate sanitation facilities the fault of the underpaid illegal workers?
How can you make the assumption that the personal hygiene of the workers now is below standards, based on an article released in August of 1983?
Find an article that addresses overall sanitary conditions on any farm in the world. By default, one is likely to find some bacteria because of the work performed on the farm.
Add to that the lack of electricity and hot water in Mexico.
The perception that other races are "dirty" or "unhealthy" is usually called racism or bigotry.
If you truly believe you have discovered the problem with the US food processing/delivery system in the US, then you should be calling for the companies that hire these workers to provide for the proper sanitation of their work force.
Otherwise this article is meaningless, as are your assumptions. |
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jc1959
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Yes you can blame the field workers legal and illegal but the blame go's along way the farmer( Rancher) that grow the food and the Contractor that hires the people, and the Government for not enforcing the laws. For them to have porta potties with water and soap for them to wash their hands. They have to eat too. Sometimes we would hit a crew out in the fields and they would not have a porta pottie. I'm not por illegal or pro amnesty. I would see this when I was working in the Border Patrol. There is a lot of blame to go around. |
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american gothic
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if it were let out congress would not be able to pass their massive amnesty agenda for new slave labor |
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chuckysnew
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were with you |
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sqwirlsgirl
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We drove out to a squash field (OK......yep we were pumpkin lookin)_a few weekends ago. I wanted to get some great winter produce and let my daughter enjoy Nature.
When we arrived we, were not allowed to pick any produce. Apparently unruly teenagers had knocked over several "porta potties" and they were going to BURN the field it happened in.
Why ask a question like this? It begs haters to answer. |
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begforemail
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Shh...They don't want you to know!
;) |
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tagara
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Dude,bacterias are everywhere. Just because you don't like a certain race doesn't justify your claim. Please don't do this. We're trying to eradicate racism and you keep bringing it to life. |
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scottyurb
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Two factors--lack of proper sanitary standards and the feces left behind from the wild animal (google wild pigs) population. As long as our produce is manufactured within the country--our newest legislators can bring forth the most practical resolutions. Maintaining the integrity of the EPA should also be on the agenda. |
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Jesus
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somebody pooped on the onions |
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rdyjoe
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Dirty little trolls aren't they? |
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festeringhump
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It's"GUEST"E-Coli,so it's ok..... |
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Sarah
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Well wouldn't this be the employers fault then for not enforcing there rules of hygiene? |
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Mz. America
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Ok im naseous now :( |
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AA
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What's your problem with the messicans? Maybe you should go pick our lettuce so it would be cleaner?
So only messicans take dumps? HA HA HA
Love or hate them, I don't see them going away any time soon. |
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NeRdYkId1101
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Wow, i thought it was the cows. |
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siervocal
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Because it's not. Now illegal aliens are giving you YET another benefit: someone to dump your guilt on. |
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eatmorec11h17no3
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Woohoo, you found a study that you can take out of context and distort to your own ends! Congradulations, you're just like every other partisan kid in the sandbox out there.
E. coli is everywhere, it's multiplying in your digestive tract every second of every day. It's only when that one mutant strain infects you that you run the risk of illness and death. Please, don't try to make mountains out of molehills. It's unbecoming, and it's not a very convincing argument when you use blatant racism to make your point. |
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norcal
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If Your Thought has any truth too it. Why are We now hearing about this and not before? |
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S K
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I've never heard this before. |
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green_clash_ramones
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i really don't know. |
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copestir
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The growers should be required to have appropriate facilities in the fields. unless you with all your proper hygiene want to pick the fruit and veggies |
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POLARIS
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Great question. I have always wondered if there was a connection between illegal immigrants and all these outbreaks. I'm sure this will make many people think, just as I'm sure you will get other close-minded people calling you names for daring to be politically incorrect. Thanks for the info. |
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geek49203
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Uh, you mean that the practice of using mammal waste products ("Manure") as fertilizer doesn't cause this as well?
Sorry, but I don't believe that a few touches w/ dirty hands is somehow worse than being planted in a field that is ankle-deep in cow sh*t. |
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latinatexas
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booooooooooooooooooooooooooooo thumbs down to u |
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~k~r~h~
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You need to just get over it, how do you know that for a fact? Gossip! You are spreading that more than the outbreak! What is your point? They probably wash a lot more than you! |
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ebush73
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More likely it is done from poor farming conditions. The people are part of the issue, but the problem stems from the farmer. |
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