i repair ice machines, trust me they are one of the filthiest pieces of equipment in a restaurant ,yet the easiest to keep clean. your neighborhood bar typicaly has the nastyest ice maker you will ever see. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Or dogs are smarter than people > > Kirk McLoren wrote: > > > Fast Food Ice Dirtier Than Toilet Water! > > > > Out of the mouths of babes comes this news. Budding scientist, > > 12-year-old Jasmine Roberts from Benito Middle School in Tampa, Fla., > > has created a science fair project that has lots of grown-ups sitting > > up and taking notice. Her conclusion: Ice at fast food restaurants is > > laced with bacteria. Lots of it. > > > > Tampa Bay Online reports that Roberts examined the amount of bacteria > > in the ice served at fast food restaurants and the amount of bacteria > > in the toilet bowl water in those same restaurants. The toilet bowl > > water was cleaner 70 percent of the time. > > > > Even Roberts found the results to be startling. She told Tampa Bay > > Online reporter Michele Sager, "I thought there might be a little > > bacteria in the ice, but I never expected it to be this much. And I > > never thought the toilet water would be cleaner." > > > > The study: Roberts collected ice samples from five fast food > > restaurants near the University of South Florida, including > > self-service dispensers inside the restaurants and in drinks served > > through the drive-through windows. Then she collected samples of water > > from the toilets in those same restaurants. All the samples were > > placed in sterile containers. She tested them in a lab at the H. Lee > > Moffitt Cancer Center, where she volunteers with a University of South > > Florida professor. > > > > The results: In four of the five restaurants, the ice that came from > > the self-service machines had more bacteria than the toilet water, > > reports Tampa Bay Online. Three of the five cups of ice from the > > drive-through windows had more bacteria than the toilet water. The > > bacteria in the ice included fecal coliform or E. coli, which can only > > come from the feces of warm-blooded animals. > > > > How did the bacteria get into the ice? Roberts suspects either the > > machine was not properly cleaned or an employee with soiled hands > > touched the ice. > > > > Geoff Luebkemann, the Florida state official whose agency is > > responsible for regulating hotels and restaurants, told Tampa Bay > > Online, "Ice machines are part of the health inspections. There are a > > lot of factors that have to be considered, like how accurately did she > > gather and test her specimens. Plus, comparing the ice to toilet water > > can be misleading because there are acceptable levels of bacteria for > > water." > > > > Not so says Galina Tuninskaya, vice president of Applied Consumer > > Services, a private lab that tests drinking water. "No levels of fecal > > coliform or E. coli are acceptable," she told Tampa Bay Online. "If > > you find that, you've got a problem." > > > > In case you wondered, Roberts won the science fair > > http://www.talk-history.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1990 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > All-new Yahoo! Mail > > > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=43257/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta> > - > > Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Biofuel mailing list > >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ >
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