Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Spencer, Of course they are - in the developed world you are seldom eating food prepared from fresh ingredients - either they have been refrigerated for months, or stuffed full of chemicals so they can be eaten out of season. Neither approach is particularly healthy. Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 1:58 AM, Spencer Cheng <spencer at aotera.org> wrote: > Of the 3 times over the last 20 years that I have suffered from bad case > of food contamination, once was in Pakistan, once was in London and the > 3rd time was in Paris. > > So for me, large European cities are much more dangerous than developing > countries. > > Regards, > Spencer > > On Jan 16, 2010, at 16:33, Greg Lorenzo wrote: > >> >> Horrid food bourne illness can occur anywhere in the world including >> North America. I was hit by and hospitalized for over a week from >> campylobacteriosis in the late 1980's 2 days after consuming a chicken >> sandwich from a local fast food outlet. >> >> >> >> An experience you long remember. To this day I am extremely reluctant to >> consume any food without knowing how it was handled and prepared. >> >> >> >> Vigilance goes a long way to avoid such illnesses. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >