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- From: apland@mala.bc.ca
- Newsgroups: bionet.general
- Subject: E. Coli and sickness
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.213929.1300@mala.bc.ca>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 21:39:29 -0700
- Organization: Malaspina College
- Lines: 9
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- Hi. I'm a grade 12 biology student. I am wondering about the effects of E.
- Coli bacteria injested through uncooked meat. Recently a young child died and
- tens of others have became ill in Washington State after eating uncooked
- hamburgers. The news attributed the illness to E. Coli, but my biology text
- says that E.Coli is a harmless bacteria found in the colon. Does this have
- something to do with the high pH in the colon as apposed to the low pH in the
- stomach?
-
- Thanks, Shannon
-