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- From: mdiffin@crc.ac.uk (Dr. M.C. Diffin)
- Subject: Re: Eating spoiled food reduces lifetime?
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- helga>Does anybody know any reports if eating spoiled food reduces the average
- helga>life time and affects the health?
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- In short, no. But I should think it rather difficult to produce
- meaningful epidemiological data on the former. As to the latter,
- pathogenic bacteria in or on food (eg salmonella) is generally
- odourless; 'spoiling' bacteria are quite different and, to my knowledge,
- usually harmless, their actions albeit being aesthetically unpleasant!
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- helga>I got that idea because I heard that some spoiled food is very
- helga>poisionous and can even effect the genes.
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- I suppose some of the nasties produced by more advanced organic
- decomposition may be toxic in larger quantities, but I remain to be
- convinced that this constitutes a serious hazard.
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