On Sep 30, 11:25*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> Dimitri wrote:
>
> > I have a question
>
> > Do the pesticides normally used by agribusiness kill the Listeria?
>
> Not generally. *The largest group of pesticides are
> acetylcholinesterase inhibitors. *Bacteria don't have
> acetylcholinesterase. *Some pesticides contain soaps
> that may have a little bactericidal action, but not
> much.
>
> > Are organic foods inherently more dangerous?
>
> They might be, but not for that reason. *The latest
> speculation I heard is that the bacteria might be in
> the wash water used in the packing operation, but I
> heard that a day or two ago.
>
> I wonder if the people who died washed their vegetables.
> Somebody should study that. *I always assume everybody
> does, but then I'm often shocked when I see how other
> people prepare their food.

I always wondered why on the cooking shows they take a
package of food and open it up and start using it without washing it.

And when Emeril had a show on the food channel, he came in and
walked by people shaking all those hands but I never saw him wash
his hands before handling the food. I oftened wonder how many
germs are on all those hands.

Lucille