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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Spanish Killer Cucumber Bug Kills 10 In Germany

Via AGI News, excerpt :

" The number of people killed in Germany by a deadly form of E Coli (EHEC), found in Spanish cucumbers, rose to 10. The latest victim is a 84-year-old woman who died this morning in Lauenburg, in the state of Schleswig-Holstein.

It was announced by the German Health Ministry that explained that "the number of serious cases has risen".

The Hamburg's Institute for Hygiene and Environment found EHEC bacteria in three cucumbers imported from Spain and in one imported from the Netherlands."

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