Campylobacter Infection Strikes Consumers of Raw Milk in California
Source of Article: http://www.marlerblog.com/
We have recently learned of individuals in Northern California who have
become seriously ill after consuming raw cow’s milk tainted with the bacteria
campylobacter. At least one person remains hospitalized after consuming
the milk and developing Guillain-Barré (ghee-yan bah-ray)
syndrome (GBS). GBS is a disorder in which the body’s immune system
attacks part of the peripheral nervous system. The peripheral nervous
system includes the cranial nerves (except the optic [eye] nerve), the spinal
nerves, and the autonomic nervous system that governs involuntary
actions. This woman remains hospitalized on a ventilator.
Campylobacter jejuni (pronounced “camp-e-low-back-ter j-june-eye") is a
bacterium that was first recognized as a cause of human gastrointestinal
illness in 1975. Since that time, the bacterium has been identified as
the most common cause of bacterial foodborne illness
in the
Got “Raw” Milk?
OK, before the raw milk folks get out their pitchforks - again - I want you to
know that I have also been retained by the family of one of the people who died
after drinking Listeria-tainted "pasteurized
milk" (contaminated post-pasteurization during the bottling) in Massachusetts
late last year. See, it is not that I am against raw milk per se, I am just
against poisoning people for money - raw or not so.
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