PLANET OF THE CHIMPS #2

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Food poisoning strikes 1 in 4 Americans each year

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Next time you have a case of diarrhea that lasts a day or more, chances are better than 1 in 3 that it was food poisoning.

As many as a quarter of Americans suffer a food-borne illness each year — though only a fraction of those cases get linked to high-profile outbreaks like the recent salmonella-peanut scare, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.



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Chimp at 7:36 AM
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