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Top Health Story #13: Food Safety

Foodborne illness outbreaks were linked to cantaloupes, ground beef and Romaine lettuce. Antibiotic-resistant Salmonella was found in beef, turkey and chicken livers. Each year, one in six Americans gets sick from food poisoning, 148,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die.

Learn more from Dr. Patricia Raymond and our other experts:

-What is E. coli?
 http://www.sharecare.com/question/what-is-e-coli

-What causes Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (E.coli) infection? 
http://www.sharecare.com/question/ecoli-causes

-What is salmonella?
 http://www.sharecare.com/question/what-is-salmonella

-What are the symptoms of Salmonella food poisoning?
 http://www.sharecare.com/question/symptoms-of-salmonella-food-poisoning

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Research by Eric Steinmehl, Taylor Dahl, Cathy Poley

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A print editor turned digital junkie, Anne launched parenting.com during her tenure as Editor-in-Chief of Parenting magazine and blogged at health.com while Executive Editor at Health magazine. She launched themotherboard.com and has worked at hgtv.com and lifescript.com.

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