October23rd
Pretty alarming headline, since if you have a baby, chances are he eats food, and most people don’t want to poison their baby.
Yes, there was a batch of Plum Organics apple and carrot baby food pouches that might be tainted with botulism, but only one batch (UPC 890180001221 with a sell by of “May 21, 2010”, which is sold only in Toys R Us. There have been no reported illnesses from it.
[ WBBM780.com ]
October19th
Turtles are apparently dripping with disease!
A turtle *could* be infected salmonella, which could be bad if your kid is found of popping the turtle in his mouth, or doesn’t wash his hands after playing with it. Turtle sellers are trying to disinfect them, but of course that could lead to a resistant strain of salmonella.
Wash your hands, kids!
[ MSNBC.com ]
October16th
The headline shown on the page is a more passive “E. Coli Path Shows Flaws in Beef Inspection” but I’m going with the one they show in the page’s title bar. It certainly sounds bad.
It IS pretty bad. Eating a burger and ending up paralyzed is pretty serious stuff. And the flaws in the inspection process obviously need addressing, and fast. The whole meat factory concept is looking a little suspect these days.
[ NYTimes.com ]
October16th
Excreting into the river sounds gross, but not especially threatening.
Problem is, in theory the Tamiflu could get on ducks, which could then result in a drug-resistant bird flu. That’s a lot of what-ifs, but still enough to be concerned about.
[ ScienceNews.org ]
October16th
Wait, I breathe oxygen! Too much oxygen can be harmful? Who knew? Ok, this isn’t a headline per se, just an interesting article.
It’s only dangerous in very specific conditions. Unless you frequent pressure chambers, no danger at all.
[ Wikipedia.org ]
October16th
Not very scary at all, actually. It sounds playful and fun. For shame, NYTimes, this will hardly get people running around in a panic.
Pretty low. If you bring MRSA home and get it on your pet, the pet can act as a petri dish and breed it, and then give it back to you. However, even if you did this, there’s only a 2% chance you would actually get infected.
[ NYTimes.com ]
October16th
Sort of generally alarming, they mention a number but not where. Would have been more alarming if it had said “Dangerous chemical found in air outside schools” – then they would have something panic-worthy.
The chemical is toxic, and was found outside schools all over the country, but it’s an irritant which would probably only affect those with asthma.
[ USAToday.com ]
October16th
Ok, that sounds pretty bad. Mercury is bad, and it’s everywhere!
Reading the article, only 1/4 of the fish had potentially dangerous levels of mercury. But still, that’s a lot of fish with high mercury levels.
[ WKOWTV.com ]
October16th
They use the C word, but not too alarmist otherwise.
No good deed goes unpunished, apparently. Folks try to help out and end up breathing in toxic dust and who knows what other crap at the ground zero site. Not a danger unless you were at ground zero cleaning up, but could be bad news for those folks.
[ CBSNews.com ]
October16th
That sounds pretty bad. I like water.
If you live near a coal plant or other polluter, it could really suck for you.
[ NYTimes.com ]
