Worried About Floods, Tornadoes, Tsunamis, Hurricanes, and Earthquakes - Sweat the Small Stuff

Well, it's been just a heck of a couple of years with all the natural disasters. We've had typhoons, hurricanes, tornadoes, major earthquakes, and floods. Can it get any worse, or has this always been going on throughout time, only now with the 24-seven news cycle we just hear about every little, or big disaster at nauseam? They say you shouldn't sweat the small stuff, because the large crisis, catastrophes, and chaos are enough.

However, maybe we should sweat the small stuff like BirdFlu, and this new E. coli strain which is wreaking havoc on the European Union, which appears to have started in Germany. Nearly 25 people have died, 2600 sickened with many in critical condition. The estimate from European agricultural analysts say that this could cost the industry some 1 billion EURO before it is all over, as all of the citizens of Europe have stopped eating vegetables, and all of that produce is rotting and being burned or buried.

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What can be done to prevent these terrible E. coli breakouts, especially when there is a new strain on the loose, which is not all that common in such a large breakout? Well, there are many strategies to use, and first they need to find the source, and figure out what caused it to prevent it from happening again. Meanwhile there are other things that can be done by citizens, food outlets, and institutional kitchens.

There was an interesting article the other day in "TerraDaily - News About the Planet" posted to the Epidemics Category online titled; "Copper Proves Effective Against New e.Coli Strains" by Staff Writers in Southampton, UK on June 7, 2011. The article stated;

"The WTO suggests that the E. coli outbreak in Germany is a strain never before seen in an outbreak - 0104:H4."

Well, that certainly doesn't make me feel very good, how about you? Luckily, it appears that copper could help prevent the spread of the disease, as "all E. coli strains have died rapidly on copper. On a dry copper surface, the study shows 10 million E. coli bacteria are eliminated within 10 minutes. On a wet copper surface, total kill within around 45 minutes, the antimicrobial property of alloys such as brass and bronze," works too.

Maybe there is a solution on the horizon, because it seems just terrible to throw all that produce away, without knowing if it is tainted, or not. The amount of money lost from agricultural products, and the health risks by not eating vegetables for humans is rather serious in the long-term. Indeed I hope you will please consider all this and think on it.

Worried About Floods, Tornadoes, Tsunamis, Hurricanes, and Earthquakes - Sweat the Small Stuff

Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank. Lance Winslow believes writing 23,500 articles by mid-day on June 23, 2011 is going to be difficult because all the letters on his keyboard are now worn off..