Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I have six freaking cats, think they'll let me have a whole mouse to myself? Philippe Orlent wrote: > LOL > Roasted mouse isn't bad, though. > > > > Op 16-mei-06, om 21:25 heeft Walt Johnson het volgende geschreven: > >> Hell, >> >> Guess I'll have to stop putting the keyboard in my mouth, now what >> will I snack on? >> >> Philippe Orlent wrote: >> >>> I read today that the biggest reservoir for bacterial >>> contamination is one's keyboard. >>> >>> >>> Op 16-mei-06, om 03:50 heeft Marty Deveney het volgende geschreven: >>> >>>> >>>>> As far as I'm concerned, it's TODAY'S bait. Parasitologists tend >>>>> to pass on >>>>> raw wild-caught food. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> As Jeffrey knows, I am also parasitologist. I am also risk- >>>> averse, but with seafood, the overwhelming risk is always from >>>> bacterial contamination. The only significant fish-borne >>>> parasites are the broad tapeworm of fish and Anasakis simplex >>>> (links below) and both are comparatively rare and entirely >>>> treatable. There are a few hundred cases in japan a year, out of >>>> several billion raw fish meals consumed. That's good odds. Take >>>> a look at your local health department website and find what the >>>> rate of bacterial food poisoning is in any city in the developed >>>> world and you'll see what the real risk is. >>>> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=mmed.section.4713 >>>> http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/172/3/329 >>>> If you don't like sushi, well, you don't like it, but if you do, >>>> parasites are no reason to get altogether too paranoid about >>>> eating it. I ate sushi and sashimi by the bucketload in Japan >>>> earlier this year and make it at home frequently, from a range of >>>> farmed and wild-caught fish. Getting in your car is much >>>> riskier. I wonder how many people die in car crashes in Ontario, >>>> where new laws require any fish that is to be served raw to >>>> undergo a compulsory period of freezing (really looking after >>>> their population, that local government). >>>> >>>> Of course, if you're talking raw bear meat, or some of the other >>>> things I've been offered in my travels, forget it. The risk >>>> posed by Trichinella (a nematode that, among other things, >>>> encysts in muscle in human cases and is not really easily >>>> treated) and other parasites that are prevalent in terrestrial >>>> animals throughout much of the world is real. In a few countries >>>> (including New Zealand and Australia) many of these critters are >>>> absent. >>>> >>>> I'm not saying everyone should eat sushi, I'm just saying that >>>> irrational fear of parasites is unjustified. >>>> >>>> I have some Leica photos of sushi that I will post tonight, to >>>> try to keep this on topic. >>>> >>>> Later, >>>> >>>> Marty >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ___________________________________________________ >>>> Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >