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Real Health Care Reform Requires Safe Food, Says Food Safety Advocate Bill Marler.

Publication: Business Wire
Publication Date: 09-SEP-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Opinion Editorial Comments on Health Care Debate

SEATTLE -- Linda Rivera's excruciating case of food poisoning (Severe Case Gives Context to Issue of Food Safety Washington Post 9/1/09) should shine some light on a crucial reality that is missing from most health care reform plans: you can't fix America's health care unless you provide Americans with a safe food supply.

The mother of six lies comatose in her Las Vegas hospital room as a consequence of eating cookie dough contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 - a vicious microbe previously associated with hamburger, spinach, lettuce, and raw milk as well as other products.

But she is not an isolated case. According to...

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