With this report out of the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, there are two questions that need answers. First, can DEQ be specific about the strain of E. coli? And, second, can DEQ provide a map of the locations with positive results. We will explain more below. Here’s the news:
DEQ says 59 of 74
February 2009
E. coli Outbreak Hits Day Care In Cook County
E. coli at a Lemont, IL day care is responsible for making 21 children and one adult ill in an outbreak that began in early February.
The Cook County Health Department has ordered tests for all children and adults at the KinderCare Learning Center, 12404 Archer Ave.
Officials allowed the day care center to remain…
We Call It Political Courage–Kudos To Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson
For a company with a corporate rap sheet that’s longer than most, you have to admire the brash spokesman for Tyson Foods. We are talking about the one who wrote an email to the media stating that: "There has never been a single, documented instance of a water-borne bacteriological disease being caused by the use…
Oklahoma’s AG Says Poultry Litter May Be Responsible For Country Cottage Outbreak
Last summer a man was killed and 300 people became ill with an unusual strain of E coli 0111. All were connected to people who were customers of the Country Cottage restaurant in Locust Grove, OK.
But no definite water or food source was found for the E. coli 0111 and what brought the deadly…
Front Range Children Down With E. coli After Visiting National Western Stock Show
Twenty people, including 17 children, from up and down Colorado’s Front Range are suffering from confirmed cases of E. coli, Denver Public Health officials said today. The common thread — all attended the National Western Stock Show held in late January in the Mile High City.
A lab has confirmed 20 E. coli cases but…
Settlement Reached in 2006 E. coli Case Involving Nebraska Beef
I’ve been waiting a long time to make this post – more than two years. Today we settled a lawsuit against Nebraska Beef Inc. on behalf of two Longville, Minnesota families, those of Ellie Wheeler and Carolyn Hawkinson. We have been litigating for a long, long, time, and today a settlement was reached (for an
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