CSI: VEGETABLE EDITION

by Janet A. Ginsburg

It’s official: Spinach has become a national obsession. And if real people weren’t suffering real ills, really dying, and finding themselves facing real bankruptcy, it would be kind of funny. Death by spinach? A good food turned bad? It’s so…Monty Python.

Or maybe it’s just business-as-usual biology running head-on into the speedy production schedules and broad distribution networks of 21st century agriculture....
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To read the full article, including info on how e.coli bacteria can get into plant leaves through roots, and other animal pathogens infecting plants, go to the archives page at germtales.com

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Thanks for your interest!

best,

Janet

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