Water Treatment in Palmer and Wasilla February 2nd, 2007

Categories: Wells

Rooting Out the Rotten Tomatoes

By CLAIRE SUDDATH

Workers separate tomatoes at the sprawling Central de Abastos market in Mexico City on June 10

Gregory Bull / AP

Article Tools

Reprints

Sphere

RSS

Yahoo! Buzz

So how much damage can a few rotten tomatoes really do? The tomato-linked salmonella outbreak announced by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on June 3 has claimed 228 victims in 23 states over 58 days (and counting). It has put 25 people in the hospital and may have had a role in hastening the death of a cancer patient. And then there’s the flurry of panic as many of the tomatoes that American consumers take for granted every day suddenly disappear

Written by Marty Van Diest 1 Comment »

This entry was posted on Friday, February 2nd, 2007 at 5:24 pm and is filed under Wells. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.