Re: Foodborne Illness rising in USA - Protection dismantled.

On 8/9/26 6:07 AM, Wilson wrote:
> On 8/8/2026 5:26 PM, Dude wrote:
>> On 8/7/2026 12:57 PM, Wilson wrote:
>>> On 8/7/2026 1:21 PM, Dude wrote:
>>>> On 8/7/2026 7:27 AM, Tara wrote:
>>>>>   RFK Jr. promised to make America healthy again. Instead, he’s 
>>>>> given America
>>>>> explosive diarrhea
>>>>> Aug. 7, 2026
>>>>>
>>>>>   EPA promised a Make America Healthy Again agenda. It has yet to 
>>>>> materialize,
>>>>> frustrating activists
>>>>> FoodNet is one of those programs you never hear about until 
>>>>> something goes
>>>>> terribly wrong.
>>>>>
>>>>> Things in the United States have, in more ways than one, gone 
>>>>> terribly wrong.
>>>>> This time, it’s an outbreak of Cyclospora, a parasite that causes 
>>>>> bouts of
>>>>> explosive diarrhea — the kind of parasite FoodNet was set up to 
>>>>> surveil and
>>>>> prevent.
>>>>>
>>>>> But the program has been a victim of U.S. President Donald Trump’s 
>>>>> war on
>>>>> health. And now America is suffering under a massive outbreak of
>>>>> cyclosporiasis.
>>>>>
>>>>> This catastrophe provides yet another good reason to boycott 
>>>>> American goods.
>>>>>
>>>>> FoodNet, a backronym for the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance 
>>>>> Network,
>>>>> was launched by the U.S. government in 1995. It was founded as a 
>>>>> “sentinel
>>>>> surveillance” program, monitoring local hospitals and clinics for 
>>>>> early
>>>>> evidence of outbreaks of eight notorious bacteria and parasites, 
>>>>> including
>>>>> Cyclospora.
>>>>>
>>>>> The program has been played an unsung part in keeping the American 
>>>>> food system
>>>>> safe. FoodNet was credited with helping the U.S. respond rapidly to 
>>>>> a massive
>>>>> listeria outbreak in 2011. Within days of people falling ill, the 
>>>>> Centers for
>>>>> Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had identified the source — 
>>>>> cantaloupe
>>>>> from a Colorado farm — and ordered a recall. While the outbreak 
>>>>> proved the
>>>>> deadliest in American history, it was contained in about two weeks.
>>>>>
>>>>> FoodNet, government scientists say, is a “critical” piece of the 
>>>>> system that
>>>>> responds to such outbreaks.
>>>>>
>>>>> The threat of foodborne illness is rising: the U.S. was already 
>>>>> seeing about
>>>>> 1,000 cases of cyclosporiasis per year, requiring constant efforts 
>>>>> to track
>>>>> down and contain the source. Public-health officials have recommended
>>>>> expanding FoodNet to meet that threat.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then came Trump and his paranoid quack of a health secretary, 
>>>>> Robert F.
>>>>> Kennedy Jr. Last year, the CDC announced FoodNet would no longer 
>>>>> actively
>>>>> surveil cyclosporiasis and five other illnesses, citing budget cuts.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then, in May, hundreds of cyclosporiasis cases began popping up 
>>>>> across the
>>>>> U.S. Kennedy took a break from his endless rotation of podcast 
>>>>> appearances to
>>>>> declare the outbreak “under control.” He said it had been traced 
>>>>> back to a
>>>>> Mexican lettuce producer and insisted his cuts hadn’t harmed the 
>>>>> government’s
>>>>> ability to respond. FoodNet, he said, was “redundant surveillance.”
>>>>>
>>>>> But the outbreak wasn’t under control. As of early August, there 
>>>>> have been
>>>>> more than 20,000 suspected and confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis, 
>>>>> and two
>>>>> deaths. The test that had identified the alleged source of the 
>>>>> outbreak had
>>>>> produced a false positive, officials say. It’s possible that this 
>>>>> current
>>>>> outbreak — now in its third month, and likely to get worse — is, in 
>>>>> fact,
>>>>> multiple outbreaks from multiple sources of contaminated 
>>>>> produce.FoodNet could
>>>>> not have prevented the spread of Cyclospora on its own, but it 
>>>>> could have
>>>>> helped the government respond. That it was downsized is another 
>>>>> illustration
>>>>> of how a once-great system has been attacked and dismantled by 
>>>>> Kennedy, a
>>>>> conspiracy theorist who believes doctors and scientists are frauds and
>>>>> criminals.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thousands of government employees responsible for food safety have 
>>>>> been laid
>>>>> off or fired over the past year. Staff at the U.S. Department of 
>>>>> Agriculture
>>>>> Food Safety and Inspection Service, for example, was cut by 20 per 
>>>>> cent.
>>>>>
>>>>> Other cuts have hobbled official response to the screwworm 
>>>>> parasite, which
>>>>> attacks cattle. Surveillance for bird flu, too, has been axed, 
>>>>> while Kennedy
>>>>> has brought funding for global public-health programs, particularly in
>>>>> countries that can’t afford to fund their own, to an abrupt halt, 
>>>>> making it
>>>>> more likely the next global pandemic will come sooner and be deadlier.
>>>>>
>>>>> America’s anti-establishment mania has allowed grifters like 
>>>>> Kennedy to not
>>>>> only lay waste to what was once humanity’s most impressive public- 
>>>>> health
>>>>> system but also export the consequences of those decisions to the 
>>>>> rest of us.
>>>>>
>>>>> The U.S. sends billions of dollars in agricultural goods to Canada, 
>>>>> to say
>>>>> nothing of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, cars and a host of other 
>>>>> things. Just a
>>>>> few years ago, we could pick up American produce and feel confident 
>>>>> it was
>>>>> perfectly safe. Today? Not so much.
>>>>>
>>>>> Leaving American goods on the shelves is a solid way to protest 
>>>>> Trump’s trade
>>>>> war and threats of annexation. Increasingly, it is also a wise bit of
>>>>> self-preservation.
>>>>>
>>>> You don't say!
>>>>
>>>> More advanced technology equips researchers to detect more outbreaks 
>>>> than before.
>>>>
>>>> Apparently the germs were on lettuce grown down in Mexico. YMMV.
>>>
>>> https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/ 
>>> investigation-15- state-outbreak-cyclospora-illnesses-iceberg- 
>>> lettuce-july-2026
>>>
>>> August 5, 2026
>>>
>>> The FDA and CDC, in collaboration with state and local partners, are 
>>> investigating a multistate outbreak of Cyclospora infections linked 
>>> to iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico and recalled by Taylor 
>>> Farms de Mexico.
>>>
>>> Since the last update on July 24, 2026, state and local health 
>>> officials have continued to interview additional cases of 
>>> cyclosporiasis and CDC has added them to this multistate outbreak. 
>>> Due to the additional interview data, the outbreak now includes 
>>> people who reported exposure to Taco Bell or recalled Taylor Farms de 
>>> Mexico iceberg lettuce. Many of these illnesses began before the 
>>> Taylor Farms de Mexico iceberg lettuce recall on July 17, 2026. The 
>>> total case count associated with this multistate outbreak is now 
>>> 6,358 illnesses reported from 15 states.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.cdc.gov/cyclosporiasis/hcp/clinical-overview/index.html
>>>
>>> Cyclosporiasis contamination occurs through a fecal-environment-oral 
>>> route involving the parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis. It is not 
>>> directly person-to-person.
>>>
>>> Infected humans shed unsporulated (immature) oocysts in their feces. 
>>> These oocysts are not immediately infectious. They must mature 
>>> (sporulate) in the external environment, which typically requires 1–2 
>>> weeks (or 7–15 days under favorable conditions of roughly 22–32°C / 
>>> 73– 77°F and suitable humidity). Once sporulated, the oocysts become 
>>> infectious.
>>>
>>> When someone ingests food or water containing these mature oocysts, 
>>> the parasite invades the small intestine lining and causes illness. 
>>> Humans are the only known significant host for C. cayetanensis (no 
>>> established animal reservoir).
>>>
>>> The oocysts reach fresh produce (especially leafy greens like iceberg 
>>> lettuce, herbs such as cilantro/basil, berries, etc.) primarily via 
>>> contaminated agricultural water (most commonly implicated for large 
>>> outbreaks).
>>>
>>> This includes irrigation, spraying, washing, or cooling water 
>>> polluted by human sewage. Sources of fecal input can include leaking 
>>> septic systems, overflowing sewers (especially after heavy rain), 
>>> improper disposal of portable toilet waste, or other sanitation 
>>> failures that allow human feces into canals, rivers, or groundwater 
>>> used on farms.
>>>
>>> Infected farmworkers (symptomatic or asymptomatic) can contaminate 
>>> produce, soil, equipment, or water through inadequate handwashing, 
>>> open defecation near fields, or improper waste handling. Direct hand 
>>> contact during harvest or packing can deposit oocysts, which then 
>>> sporulate on the produce surface.
>>>
>>> Standard chlorine-based sanitizers and routine produce washing are 
>>> not reliably effective against Cyclospora oocysts (they are 
>>> relatively resistant). Cooking to at least 70°C (158°F) kills them.
>>>
>>> Because sporulation requires time in the environment, the 
>>> contamination event must precede harvest/consumption by days to weeks.
>>>
>>> https://www.cdc.gov/dpdx/cyclosporiasis/index.html
>>>
>>> https://www.fda.gov/food/foodborne-pathogens/cyclosporiasis-and- 
>>> fresh- produce
>>>
>> Thanks for posting this information. Personally, I'm in favor of the 
>> open defecation near fields theory of contamination. YMMV.
>>
>> Not ruling out potash contamination, but at any rate, our food is 
>> killing us!
>>
>> It's enough to make you think about going to a Farmer's Market and 
>> getting some organic foods and cooking from scratch.
>>
>> Baring that, get some lean meat and grill the hell out of it! YMMV.
> 
> I agree the crapping in the fields theory is likely correct, but hadn't 
> even considered the potash angle. Those evil canadians are always up to 
> something.
> 

none of you retards have the physical reasoning powers to be making 
anything more than complete stabs in the dark here with ur ideas

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