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15 sick from raw milk in 2 Utah outbreaks

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The Utah Department of Health announced Monday that two dairies in the state had sold contaminated milk that made 15 people ill.

Ropelato Dairy, 4019 W. 1800 South, was the source of the campylobacter outbreak that sickened nine people, according to spokespeople from the Utah Department of Agriculture and UDOH. Raw milk from a dairy in Richfield gave several people salmonella.

Glen Kinney, Weber- Morgan Health Department epidemiologist, said,

"Raw milk, no matter how carefully handled, has risks.”

I get the whole personal choice thing, and people are going to believe whatever they want about nutrition and wellness, exploited and nourished by the today’s medicine men who flog their wares through corporate offices and the ether of the Intertubes, but people get sick, especially kids. I just gave daughter Sorenne her wake-up bottle of whole milk, bought at the local Dillons grocery store and pasteurized. The difference between lettuce and raw milk is the availability of an easy fix to reduce the risks of foodborne illness – pasteurization.

7 sick from Campylobacter in Utah well water

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First raw milk, now the water in Utah is making people sick.

The Salt Lake City Tribune reports that a boil-water advisory will remain in effect for residents of Northern Saratoga Springs (right, exactly as shown) after at least seven people were stricken by Campylobacter.

Saratoga police spokesman Cpl. Aaron Rosen said the city is awaiting test results on a well believed to be the source of a campylobacter outbreak in the city. The city is treating the water with chlorine to kill the bacteria.

Mount Olympus Waters dispatched a 6,000-gallon tanker truck to provide free water for residents. The tanker is parked at Walmart, at Redwood Road and State Route 73.

Larry Mullenax, Mount Olympus vice president, said the company will provide two one-gallon containers of water per person. But if people bring their own containers, the company will fill them for free.

Walmart employees are staffing the tanker from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., he said.

Salmonella outbreak linked to raw milk in Utah

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A recent outbreak of Salmonella Newport which sickened at least six people, including a two-year-old, has been linked to unpasteurized milk sold at Real Foods stores in Orem and Heber City, Utah.

Utah County Health Department spokesman Lance Madigan told Deseret News,

"The public health view is that there is no such thing as safe unpasteurized milk. It comes straight from the cow and is loaded with bacteria. Some of that will be just fine, and sometimes there will be something like salmonella, E. coli or listeria."

Nothing will keep babies from pooping in pools — so ban babies

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The Salt Lake Tribune editorial board came out against the Utah Department of Health’s recommendation of tight-fitting swim diapers and/or waterproof pants in its attempt to keep toddlers in public swimming pools, and the cryptosporidium parasite out.

The editorial says,

"Last year, after the outbreak, the state health department banned children under age 5 from public pools. It was a tough decision. But it was the right decision. …

"Swim diaper requirements will be difficult to enforce. And, unless the diapers
"waterproof" pants have elastic bands that are tighter than tourniquets, water-soluble fecal matter will still leak out.

"Public education won’t work either. It might keep adults from spreading the parasite by showering thoroughly and abstaining from swimming after battling diarrhea, but nothing, short of a cork or maybe duct tape, will keep babies from pooping in pools."

The editorial concludes,

"If state regulators don’t have the intestinal fortitude to ban babies from pools, local health departments should."

Stop pooping in the water

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Local health departments in Utah report that more than 150 cases of cryptosporidium have been, um, reported.

The Utah Department of Health warns that the number of people reporting cases of severe diarrhea continues to rise, and exposure will likely not decline until people who are sick – or who have recently been sick – avoid pools and recreational waters

For more information about cryptosporidium, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Utah Department of Health’s Web site.