GEOG 3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mycology, Foodborne Illness, Botulism
9 Aug 2020
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What is the best way to prevent milk from turning sour: freeze it, pasteurize it, keep it in the cow. 1 teaspoon of botulism has the ability to kill 1 billion people. Virtually everyone has suffered food poisoning at some point: 25-30% of north american suffered from food poisoning over the course of the year. The secret life of germs book believes that in united states 800k people a day suffer from food bourne illness. We often don"t recognize the cause for our symptoms. Cbc said, restaurants are the 3rd most frequent setting for food bourne illnesses. #2 are senior citizen facilities and #1 is cruise ships. If you buy a hamburger from fast food chain there"s a possibility that the meat has come from 1000 head of cow. Nicotine is a deadly consumption one full cigar can kill 2 mice. Nicotine is still used as a pesticide and it is extremely toxic.
