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trof

(54,256 posts) Mon Sep 16, 2013, 08:07 AM Sep 2013

Cantaloupe vs. al-Qaeda: What's More Dangerous?

"A comparison of federal spending on food safety intelligence versus antiterrorism intelligence brings the irrationality of the threat assessment process into stark relief.

In 2011, the year of Osama bin Laden's death, the State Department reported that 17 Americans were killed in all terrorist incidents worldwide. The same year, a single outbreak of listeriosis from tainted cantaloupe killed 33 people in the United States. Foodborne pathogens also sickened 48.7 million, hospitalized 127,839 and caused a total of 3,037 deaths. This is a typical year, not an aberration."
http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/18715-cantaloupe-vs-al-qaeda

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Cantaloupe vs. al-Qaeda: What's More Dangerous? (Original Post) trof Sep 2013 OP

The disparity in the number of people pipoman Sep 2013 #1

pipoman

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1. The disparity in the number of people

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Mon Sep 16, 2013, 10:07 AM

Sep 2013

going to terrorist areas and the number of terrorists on the planet is far, far outweighed by people who eat food..also outweighed by people who are classified to be "at risk" for death from food borne illness who also eat food..

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