Consumers express their concern about the EHEC bacteria
Friday, June 17, 2011 - 18:30
in Health & Medicine
The news coverage of the deadly EHEC bacteria outbreak in Europe came as a bombshell. Researchers examined 6132 reactions of Belgian newspaper readers after reading the first news reports. As expected, people are scared and worried, but governmental trust decreases fear and leads to a higher intention to keep on eating fresh produce.
