On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:52:08 +0100, wrote:

|On 24 Aug,
| Dave Fawthrop wrote:
|
| Indeed, but my point is that both Yoghurt bacteria and most strains of
| e-coli are helpful to digestion.
|
|It annoys me when the press come out with 'there has been an outbreak of E.
|Coli' when a swab from most people's hand thatthey use to wipe their a***
|will show E. Coli.

What they mean is e-coli 0152 which is dangerous

|It is generally looked for in bathing/drinking waters as a sign of faecal
|contamination. If it was as rare and dangerous as the press seem to exagerate
|then it would be useless for that purpose.

Yes! But! they test for e-coli (any strain) because it is used as an
indicator that there may be Salmonella, or Dysentery or worse.
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