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 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 >