Thread: Mexican Farm Workers' Nasty Habits Are Making Americans Sick

This topic is from the first week of December, I did a search but did not find it posted on the forum. Unless under a different subject.

http://www.americandaily.com/article/16713

Mexican Farm Workers' Nasty Habits Are Making Americans Sick


Mexican Farm Workers' Nasty Habits Are Making Americans Sick
By Dave Gibson (12/08/06)

E. coli bacteria recently found in food served by Taco Bell restaurants has now sickened 46 people in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The bacteria has been traced to tainted green onions which were imported from Mexico. Despite the head-scratching coming from the federal government as well as Yum Brands (the company which owns Taco Bell), it is no great mystery as to how this outbreak has occurred. You see, Mexican farm workers not only work for slave wages...They relieve themselves right in the same fields where your salad is grown!

E coli is found in the fecal matter of both humans and livestock. With large commercial growers devoted only to producing vegetables, it does not require a degree in microbiology to figure out the source of the E coli. Rather than running off to find a bathroom (which is almost never provided) which would cost valuable picking time, they simply defecate right next to the lettuce which ends up in your local grocery store or restaurant.

The bacteria (Eschericha coli) can cause abdominal cramps, fever, bloody diarrhea, kidney failure, blindness, paralysis, and death.

There was an E coli outbreak this past September which affected fresh spinach picked in California. During that episode, 200 people were sickened and three people died.

In 2003, green onions grown in Mexico were found to be the culprit for an outbreak of hepatitis A. 600 people became ill and four people died after consuming the tainted onions in a Pennsylvania Chi-Chi's restaurant.

As long as we rely on a Third World labor force to pick our vegetables, our nation's food supply is not safe. Personally, I try only to buy locally grown fresh produce (much of it from my own garden or my neighbor's). As the weather turns cold, I turn to the canned or frozen variety or simply eat sausage pizza!

As the influx of illegal aliens from Mexico continues into this country and restaurants continue importing produce from Mexico, more Americans will become ill and many will die. The habits of these workers are not only disgusting but dangerous as well.

President Bush claims that Mexicans "do the jobs that Americans won't do." Apparently, they also do other things "that Americans won't do."

Refried beans indeed!

Crap in the crop.

Gee, thanks for reminding me. I had a salad today.

Dixie

Originally Posted by Dixie

Crap in the crop.

Gee, thanks for reminding me. I had a salad today.

Dixie

President Bush claims that Mexicans "do the jobs that Americans won't do." Apparently, they also do other things "that Americans won't do."

This would be funny if the subject matter was.

What is up with all the e. coli we're hearing about all the sudden? They could investigate and get to the bottom of it if they really wanted. Don't the 'powers that be' want to go up against their big biz friends? And if it is the workers, from what I hear they often don't have easy access to 'go.' If these unscrupulous employers want their cheap labor the least they can do is give them adaquate places when nature calls. Geez!

Does this really surprise anyone?

What is weird about all of this is that there has not been any e. coli problems from food that came from grocery stores. It seems that every time that it has happened it had to do with restaurants. To me it indicates that they are using different suppliers or it can also be due to the people in the kitchen as in the ChiChis incident. I trust only a few places and tend to eat there if I eat out at all.

swatchick wrote:

What is weird about all of this is that there has not been any e. coli problems from food that came from grocery stores. It seems that every time that it has happened it had to do with restaurants. To me it indicates that they are using different suppliers or it can also be due to the people in the kitchen as in the ChiChis incident. I trust only a few places and tend to eat there if I eat out at all.

You're right about the potential of E. coli coming from third world kitchen help - old habits die hard. A lot of these folks are not used to washing their hands routinely and after using the toilet. Clean water is oftentimes a luxary where many illegals come from and is only utilized for drinking and cooking. Americans would be wise to consider that when observing restaurant staff members that speaks poor or no English. If you have any doubts regarding the legal status of the staff where you eat, "JUST SAY NO" and find somewhere else to eat.

Hawkeyewrote:

Does this really surprise anyone?

not at all..........