Most people forget, or choose not to think about it, but food and water can be weapons of mass distruction.
Sweden may just have experienced a little taste of this possibility. At a minimum, Sweden joins the club of those areas that have found out food and water can be used to deliver poison on
Madison and Dane counties in Wisconsin are experiencing an outbreak of Shigella and Bill Novak at The Capital Times decided it was time to "give it to ’em straight." For example:
The infection is usually passed from one person to another when the first person has improperly washed hands, then handled food or an object
Andy Gammill at the Indianapolis Star reports a new strategy is underway in the Hoosier State’s capital city to combat the ongoing outbreak of shigella. He reports that:
Ten months and 500 cases into a shigella outbreak, health officials are visiting every licensed child-care center in Indianapolis in a new effort to stop the spread