18 people have died so far, either Germans or people who've visited Germany recently. But far more are seriously ill.
The German authorities do not yet know what caused the illness. They blamed Spanish cucumbers without proper investigation so now Spanish farmers and other salad-growers are suffering because of course people won't buy their produce.
You need to look up E.coli in a news site and go on looking regularly as obviously the situation will change from day to day.
http://www.who.int/ith/updates/20110527/en/index.html
Lila
--- In Vegetarianslimming@yahoogroups.com, Cassie Dixon <roxy87cabriolet@...> wrote:
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> I'll be traveling to multiple european countries this summer. What is the extent of this, since we'll be cruising, and I'm pretty strict as to eating many raw vegatables and mostly-vegan meals...
> I'm getting worried I won't be able to enjoy the markets in Spain, France, and Italy.
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> Cassie
> "life's a garden, dig it!"
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jun 2, 2011, at 9:47 AM, "Lila" <lila060506@...> wrote:
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> Very worrying that the Germans haven't found the source of this latest outbreak yet.
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> I was in Germany a few weeks ago and had fresh raw salad every day, and of course when you are out or away from home you can't wash it all yourself. Luckily no-one was ill then, or at least no illnesses were reported.
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> I've been washing most of my fruit and veg with soapy water and rinsing in boiling water ... can't do that with lettuce, wonder whether to cook it?
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> Lila
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