Re: Foodborne Illness rising in USA - Protection dismantled.

On 8/9/2026 11:03 AM, dart200 wrote:
> 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
> 
It looks like the retard Nick snipped out my response:

Apparently the germs were on lettuce grown down in Mexico. YMMV.