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...short that you can't say they are like one thing or another," says Ward Wheeler, a molecular biologist at the American Museum of Natural History. "It could be a turtle or a mammal or whatever." Some researchers even suggest that the DNA Woodward extracted could have come from bacteria that feasted on the decaying carcass millions of years...
...Everyday people are often characterized as weeds, bacteria, rain-drops," West said, and society "sees them as problem people, not people with problems...
Every time you turn around, there's another one. And the population has quadrupled in the past six months. This isn't the exponential growth of E. Coli bacteria, but the increasing numbers of science publications at Harvard in recent months...
...year-old sanitation employee who has toiled in the Tyson plant for nine years. This summer, at a meeting between employees and managers, says Pipes, "we asked why we're required to package chicken that smells bad, and they said the chicken can smell bad due to bacteria but it can still be of good quality. That's bull as far as I'm concerned." Tyson denies the charges of the workers, one of whom is a union organizer, but says an investigation will be launched. "I don't believe these practices are taking place," says spokesman Archie Schaffer...
...years, as the incidence of food-borne illnesses has steadily increased, the USDA has proved virtually impervious to criticism. But microbes are changing all the time, becoming more virulent. "We must reduce the bacteria load as much as practically possible," says public-health expert Menning. "People are getting sick every day and dying. Most people can tolerate pathogenic exposure. The young and elderly cannot. There will be a massive food poisoning. And today an outbreak could affect so many people because of the concentration of industry." It will be up to the person Clinton appoints as Espy's successor...