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STUDY: Nearly half of soda fountains contaminated with fecal matter
A study of soda taken from thirty fountain machines in Roanoke, Virginia found nearly half of all beverages had coliform bacteria -- a group of bacteria indicative of fecal contamination.
48 percent of beverages obtained from soda fountains contained coliform bacteria, 11 percent contained E. coli (which are mostly harmless, but some can cause diarrhea, urinary tract infections, respiratory illness and pneumonia), and 17 percent had Chryseobacterium meningosepticum (which could sicken newborns or adults with weakened immune systems).
Sources:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/01/08...ria/index.html
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle...udy_finds.html
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Germs/s...ory?id=9506583
http://www.newsfirst5.com/news/some-...contamination/
and handfuls of other sites on the interwebs.
Are you going to continue drinking from fountains?
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