TORONTO -- While reusable shopping bags are being aggressively promoted by some grocery chains as an eco-friendly initiative, new evidence now suggests that these bags may not be so friendly to your health. The evidence - "A Microbiological Study of Reusable Grocery Bags"

SPRINGFIELD -- The Springfield-Greene County Health Department is warning people to watch out for a highly infectious bacterium. Nearly a dozen people have come down with shigella in this month alone. The symptoms for most people include diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps within a day or two of being exposed.

Ciguatera poisoning, the food-borne disease that can come from eating large, carnivorous reef fish, causes vomiting, headaches, and a burning sensation upon contact with cold surfaces. An early morning walk on cool beach sand can become a painful stroll on fiery coals to a ciguatera victim. But is this common toxin poisoning also the key to a larger mystery?

The combined effect of Citricidal® wih irradiation on Clostridium perfringens growth from spores in a sous-vide processed marinated pork meat Mexican entrée was investigated. Citricidal was added at 200 or 800 ppm after mixing pork meat with tomatillo sauce and inoculated with 3 log10 CFU/g of C. perfringens spores.