http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/15/163453/819 The Centers for Disease Control reported today that the latest outbreak of <i>E. coli</i> serotype <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/escherichiacoli_g.htm">O157:H7</a> has been confirmed in 10 states (cases in Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon and Utah, with a death reported in Wisconsin). There have been <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14841731/">58 confirmed cases</a> so far.   en-us Tue, 19 Sep 2006 11:51:12 EST Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:21:04 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/15/163453/819#5 Actually, Natural Selections packs spinach for Dole, which the company claimed was probably the batch that got contaminated, and today <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/09/21/tainted.spinach.ap/index.html">independent researchers</a> have narrowed it Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:21:04 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/15/163453/819#4 You know, back in the day, we used to ask, "is there spinach in my teeth?".  Now we have to ask, "is there spinach in my stool?" Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:26:47 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/15/163453/819#3 <b>Properly</b> composting manure gets hot enough to kill E. Coli.   Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:41:10 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/15/163453/819#2 It's my understanding that composting manure before using it as fertilizer renders it safe. Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:33:39 EST http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2006/9/15/163453/819#1 I do think it's a good idea to use manure to fertilize crops, because it's what's worked for millennia, uses less hydrocarbons, and is better suited to that purpose than any other.  But then you see incidents like these.  I personally wouldn't mi Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:09:18 EST string http://www.treesandthings.com/search/