Food-borne pathogens carry devastating long-term effects

Seizures, paralysis, mental disability - the lingering problems from eating tainted food can be worse than the acute illnesses right after exposure. Long after the painful stomach cramps and bloody diarrhea of a brush with tainted food are over, many people suffer long-term health effects, mostly unrecognized, that are the result of food-borne pathogens. These lingering effects -- premature death, paralysis, kidney failure...

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