Food Poisoning and Foodborne Diseases

by Elaine Landau

Tainted peanuts, deadly hamburgers, recalled tomatoes. Every year new problems erupt with the safety of the foods we eat and water we drink. Widespread recalls occur when food becomes infected by bacteria and viruses. Water supplies are turned off when parasites are detected. As USA TODAY, the Nation's No. 1 Newspaper noted, "The increasing reports of illness, many of them caused by food-borne bugs, are in part a result of global food distribution,...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822572907
• ISBN13: 9780822572909
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 11 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 6 to Postsecondary