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2 hrs ago | Daily Mail

The average British barbecue contains TWICE as many germs as a toilet seat

Hygiene expert Dr Lisa Ackerley found the typical outdoor grill contains a staggering 1.7 million microbes per 100cm sq.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Bar-B-Q, Health, Food Science

6 hrs ago | PhysOrg Weblog

CDC says high number of public pools contain microbes

Three-quarters of public schools in the metro Atlanta area contain microbes, including bacteria indicating the presence of fecal matter, according to research published in the May 17 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report .

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Marietta, GA

11 hrs ago | Science Daily

Minus environment, patterns still emerge: Computational study tracks...

The Rice lab of computer scientist Luay Nakhleh reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that when environmental factors are eliminated from an evolutionary model, mutations and genetic drift can give rise to the patterns that appear.

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Related Topix: Rice University, Science, Computer Science, Genetics, Medicine, Health, Biology

Tue May 21, 2013

Herald Star Online

EPA finds exceptional biology in watershed

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday afternoon biology was found to be exceptional to very good at several sites on select Ohio River tributaries including Island Creek, Croxton Run and Wills Creek and 10 other sites in Jefferson and Harrison counties.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Jefferson County, OH, Entomology, Science, Wintersville, OH, Health, Agriculture

KCBD-TV Lubbock

Officials link E. coli outbreak to restaurant

Health officials in Brazos County said Tuesday ground meat prepared at Coco Loco in College Station over a 3-day period in mid-April carried a virulent strain of the bacteria.

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Related Topix: Health, Brazos County, TX, College Station, TX

Scientific American

Good Gut Bacteria May Keep Bad at Bay

Mice given a healthy colony of human gut bacteria were able to ward off infections by pathogen E. coli bacteria.

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Related Topix: Health

Patch.com

Official: Cobb Swimming Pools Safe

Despite a study from the Centers for Disease Control that found fecal bacteria in more than half of the water samples taken from metro Atlanta public swimming pools , Cobb officials say the county's pools are safe.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health

WKBT

Beef Risk 5/10/13

A sizzling steak on the grill looks tempting - but it may have been run through a machine like this to make it tender.

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Related Topix: Life, Beef, Food, Meat, Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Mon May 20, 2013

KHOU-TV Houston

4 Germs Cause Most of Infants' Severe Diarrhea

Just four germs are responsible for most of the severe and fatal diarrhea among the world's infants, according to a large new study.

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Related Topix: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Charitable Organizations, Health, Cholera

WTAJ

High Fiber/Food Poisoning LInk

Health experts say eating a high fiber diet can reduce your risk of heart attack, stroke and diabetes.

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Related Topix: Food Poisoning, Health

EurekAlert!

Intestinal bacteria protect against E. coli O157:H7

A cocktail of non-pathogenic bacteria naturally occurring in the digestive tract of healthy humans can protect against a potentially lethal E. coli infection in animal models according to research presented today at the 113th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.

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Related Topix: Health, Drink, Cocktails, Microbiology, Biology, Science, Food Science

Patch.com

E.Coli Health Risk Rises on Chattahoochee River

The storms that rolled through Peachtree Corners and the metro area early Sunday morning brought heavy rains and the danger of flooding along the Chattachoochee River.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Flood, Health, Georgia, Georgia Government

Sun May 19, 2013

BioResearch Online

Introduction To Escherichia Coli In A Stirred-Tank Bioreactor

E. coli is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming facultative anaerobe that has had a long history in the world of biotechnology and laboratory work due to its ease of manipulation and well-understood genetic system.

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Related Topix: Health, Genetics, Medicine

Sat May 18, 2013

The Miami Herald

Bacteria's crawling all over; adopt a clean routine

Given how often they're on the floor, occasionally inside a public restroom, it should come as no surprise that a third of women's purses crawl with E. coli.

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Related Topix: Health, Food Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Patch.com

Official: Cobb Swimming Pools Safe

Despite a study from the Centers for Disease Control that found fecal bacteria in more than half of the water samples taken from metro Atlanta public swimming pools , Cobb officials said the county's pools are safe.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health

Fri May 17, 2013

Lifestyles

Label rules tightened on tenderized meats

Starting July 2, federally inspected meat plants in Canada will be required to label beef steaks or roasts that have been mechanically tenderized, the federal government announced Friday.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Health, Stephen Harper, Food Science

CBS Local

CDC: 3 Of 5 Pools Tested Positive For Fecal Contamination

According to the CDC, the figures from their tests of polls conducted during last summer's swim season showed about 58 percent of the samples tested positive for E. coli and bacteria typically found in human feces.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health

CBC News

Ritz making food safety announcement in Saskatoon

Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says new rules to improve food safety will go into effect over the next two months.

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Related Topix: Food Science, Canada, Health

Common Dreams

Superbugs: Those Uninvited Guests at Your Barbecue

An alarming amount of American meat harbors not just pathogens, but "superbugs" - antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Bar-B-Q, Agriculture, Science, Food Science, Health, Food Poisoning, US News, Liberal Political News

Infection Control Today

Patient Characteristics Discriminate Between Asymptomatic and Symptomatic E. coli Bacteriuria

Escherichia coli is a common cause of asymptomatic and symptomatic bacteriuria in hospitalized patients.

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Related Topix: Health, Heart Failure