Zakhar, Ray's racist protege, wrote:
>>That would apply to all food borne illnesses, not just those received
>>from eating onions. You could say the same thing about meat, for
>>instance.
>
> Yes, very true. There's shit on meat too, that normally comes from the
> animal's intestinal tract.

There's more shit on vegetables and mushrooms. Mushrooms are grown in
shit. Birds fly over the fields and drop loads indiscriminately. Farm
workers relieve themselves in the fields as they collect the produce. Etc.

>>There's a message here though. I hear a lot of people espousing
>>vegetarian diets because they think it will protect them from food
>>poisoning. Not true.
>
> It won't protect them, but generally will reduce the risk.

Ipse dixit. Raw faddists are at higher than average risk of food-borne
illness, especially when sprouts are consumed.

http://www.ncpa.org/iss/reg/2003/pd042103f.html
http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2003/08/13/bz13.htm