I just received the below message. Perhaps washing our vegetables in CS would be wise. However, does anyone know how long one needs to wash their fruits and veg. in order to kill most bacteria, viruses, along with fungus? I know this is not an easy question as it seems that potency among other factors would need to be considered. Has anyone done a study on this?
PG >Good morning! > >Two messages from me in one day! I apologize. For those of you who seldom >get email from me, this does not indicate a new trend - you probably won't >get anything else from me for a while; however, I believe this alert that I >received from my Shaklee Distributor is important enough to be sent to >everyone. > >I know that most of you wash your produce in something: of course, Shaklee >recommends Basic H. Just make sure that whatever you use will kill >parasites, viruses & bacteria without poisoning humans. Plain water won't >do. > >I thought I did a good job washing my produce, but since I throw away the >skin of some things, such as cantaloupe & citrus fruit, I hadn't thought to >wash them. However, as the following safety alert shows, it is important to >wash ALL produce, even if you throw away the skin. > >Cheers! >JNP >---------------------BEGIN ALERT--------------- >Safety Alerts >June 2, 2000 > >Salmonella Outbreak Offers Food Safety Lesson - Wash cantaloupe and other >fruits before eating - From the South Dakota Department of Health Pierre, >SD., > >A salmonella outbreak in several western states is a good reminder to >consumers of how important it is to wash the skins of unpeeled fruit before >eating, says a state health official. > >Consumption of tainted cantaloupe has been linked to at least 39 cases >of salmonella in California, Oregon, New Mexico, Nevada and Washington. >Because cantaloupes are grown on the ground, their outer skin can become >contaminated in the field by human or animal waste, or during distribution >prior to sale, said Dave Micklos, Director of Health Protection for the >Department of >Health. > >"Unless the cantaloupe rind is first scrubbed with soap and hot running >water, slicing into it can contaminate the fruit," said Micklos. "Handle >cantaloupe the same way you do raw meat - wash your hands before and after >you work with it and refrigerate unused cut portions right away. In fact, >all fruits and vegetables that aren't peeled should be washed." > >Salmonella symptoms, which include fever, abdominal cramps and diarrhea, >generally occur one to three days after eating contaminated food and last >two to five days. While most ill individuals recover without medical >attention, the infection can be life threatening to young children, the >elderly and those with compromised immune systems. >------------END ALERT------------------------- > >please visit me at http://www.egroups.com/group/InnerCleanseWellnessCenter -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
