by Jacqueline Kochak | Feb 12, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Public Health
Source is Panera worker: The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH), in cooperation with Panera Bread in Montgomery, is investigating a food handler who is infected with the hepatitis A virus. As a preventive measure, ADPH is suggesting that customers who consumed...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Jun 15, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Food Security, Food Technology, Public Health, Terrorism, Water Safety
CDC investigates Salmonella outbreaks: The Centers for Disease Control is currently investigating a rash of Salmonella outbreaks linked to backyard chickens. A total of 124 people were infected with one of several strains of Salmonella between February and May of...
by Jacqueline Kochak | May 7, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Employee Safety, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Terrorism, Water Safety
The benefits of growing up in a rural environment: Children raised in a rural environment, surrounded by animals and bacteria-laden dust, grow up to have more stress-resilient immune systems and might be at lower risk of mental illness than pet-free city dwellers,...
by Jacqueline Kochak | May 1, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, Public Health
Glyphosate found in granola, crackers: U.S. government scientists have detected a weedkiller linked to cancer in an array of commonly consumed foods, emails obtained through a Freedom of Information request show. The Food and Drug Administration has been testing food...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Jan 20, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Terrorism, Water Safety
Radium in water in all 50 states: More than half of all Americans could be drinking tap water tainted with a radioactive element. A new report from the nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG) finds more than 170 million people are exposed to radium in their...