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Augusta civil rights leader explains Kellogg project to reduce violence, improve life in Georgia

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outbreak of salmonella in tomatoes-- now in 9 states

An outbreak of salmonella food poisoning first linked to uncooked tomatoes has now been reported in nine states, U.S. health officials said Tuesday.

A salmonell outbreak in the Southwestern U.S. has been tied to large varieties of tomatoes.

Lab tests have confirmed 40 illnesses in Texas and New Mexico as the same type of salmonella, right down to the genetic fingerprint.

An investigation by Texas and New Mexico health authorities and the Indian Health Service tied those cases to uncooked large tomatoes.

At least 17 people in Texas and New Mexico have been hospitalized. None have died, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Thirty people have become sick with the same Salmonella Saintpaul infection in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Idaho, Illinois and Indiana. CDC investigators are looking into whether tomatoes were culprits there, too.

In Texas and New Mexico, raw large tomatoes -- including Roma and red round tomatoes -- were found to be a common factor in the 40 illnesses. But no farm, distributor or grocery chain has been identified as the main source, said Casey Barton Behravesh, a CDC epidemiologist working on the investigation.

"The specific type and source of tomatoes is under investigation," she said.

Salmonella is a bacterial infection that lives in the intestinal tracts of humans and other animals. The bacteria are usually transmitted to humans by eating foods contaminated with animal feces.

Most infected people suffer fever, diarrhea and abdominal cramps starting 12 to 72 hours after infection. The illness tends to last four to seven days.

Many people recover without treatment. However, severe infection and even death are possible. Infants, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems are at greatest risk for severe infections.

In Texas and New Mexico, the patients ranged in age from 3 to 82. Of the 40 patients, 38 were interviewed. Most said they ate raw tomatoes from either stores or restaurants before becoming ill between April 23 and May 27.

Another 17 cases are under investigation in New Mexico, CDC officials said. An outbreak of salmonella food poisoning first linked to uncooked tomatoes has now... more

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More than just pharmaceuticals in your tap water

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Brazil makes 'rainforest' condoms

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Legitimacy of pot tax revenue remains hazy

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Vegas clinic may have sickened thousands

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I like my pies

There is no obesity epidemic

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Make your voice be heard!

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The (Possible) Perils of Being Thirsty While Being Green

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Health Warnings For Pregnant Drinkers

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McDonald's Advertises On Elementary School Report Cards

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Report Finds Washington Has Highest AIDS Infection Rate Among U.S. Cities

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Europe Fears That Meth Foothold Is Expanding

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Breast-Feed or Else

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Hmm...Maybe Clinton should have listened to his Surgeon General.

Joycelyn Elders Fired By Clinton

One week after her participation at the United Nations World AIDS Day 1994 events, Surgeons General Joycelyn Elders was fired by President Clinton supposedly for comments on masturbation.

"Our children have seen 15,000 hours of TV to only 11,000 hours of reading, writing, and arithmetic. We've not used the most powerful medium -- that's our television -- to educate our people [against AIDS]. That says our country has really not made a commitment."

As a candidate for President, Clinton had spoken in support of public education's role in preventing AIDS by saying that children

"should be told in blunt, clear, but sensitive terms how people get AIDS and how to avoid it."

After 12 painful years of genocide from Reagan/Bush NEGLIGENCE, there was hope that AIDS would finally be addressed by the White House with Clinton's appointment of Joycelyn Elders as Surgeon General because of her forthright and frank advocacy in the fight against AIDS.

When Joycelyn Elders was asked to speak at the United Nations on World AIDS Day 1994, she heard from a high school student who had not been allowed to graduate because he had passed condoms out at a high school prom. The speaker suggested that the U.S. government could do more to reach the administrators in the school to address the AIDS crisis. Half of all new HIV infections occur in youths younger than 25 years of age.

The first question that happened to be asked of Joycelyn Elders at this United Nations World AIDS Day Conference: "...if masturbation might be taught as a way to prevent AIDS?" Joycelyn Elders replied: "masturbation is something that is a part of human sexuality, and is a part of something that perhaps should be taught." *

* later she said, "masturbation is really something you don't have to teach." Joycelyn Elders was fired by President Clinton one week later for "values contrary to the administration."

After all Clinton's sexual proclivities, it would be only benignly ironic except for the political negligence and malfeasance in the fight against AIDS -- with the consequences leading to increased diseases, suffering and death.Joycelyn Elders Fired By Clinton One week after her participation at the United... more

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NY Oil Spill: 1950-?

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Crisis: Expanding Waistlines

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The Precautionary Principle

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