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Poisoned: The True Story Of The Deadly E. Coli Outbreak That Changed The Way Americans Eat (2011)

by Jeff Benedict(Favorite Author)

3.89 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0983347808 (ISBN13: 9780983347804)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Inspire Books

review 1: In the book Poisoned, Jeff Benedict tells about the E. Coli outbreak by using vivid examples. He starts off the story with doing a story on a six year old girl named Lauren Rudolph. Her father took her on an innocent father daughter day to Jack in the Box that no one knew would end the girl's life. Jeff Benedict gives such good details that when people read it they must be in tears because it makes me feel like I'm apart of the family. I felt like Lauren was my little sister that I was losing her on Christmas day. The part of her story where Lauren's mother found a written note on the floor beside Lauren's bed saying: Dear Santa, I don't feel so good. Please make me better for Christmas (3), was like a big wall hitting me. Lauren didn't know what was happening to her, and ... moreshe never guessed that it would be the last time that she was ever going to be in her bed. The reason I chose to review this certain story in the book is because it touches my heart the most. Another example that made me a little emotional is when the nurse asks the mother of Lauren if there was anything that she wanted to do before they pulled the plug on her and her mother said "Well, one thing I promised Lauren that I'd do before Christmas was put fingernail polish on her toes"(7). This book makes me feel so bad for the innocent people that died for eating something that they had no idea would turn into such a big deal. There was one thing that made me mad instead of making me sad and that was when the Associate Director of Pathology at Children's Hospital, San Diego Glen Billman took Lauren's case to San Diego Department of Public Health and they closed Lauren's case. E. coli was not yet on the list of reportable infectious diseases in California. So hospitals didn't have to report it.(10)This book I thought was amazing and it was even better because it was all true stories and what all happened when the outbreak began and ended. If someone was looking for a good book, I'd recommend this book in a heart beat.
review 2: Very frightening history of the deadly Jack in the Box E-coli outbreak that claimed several children's lives and changed others who had gotten sick forever! the legal issues that arose, the moral issues that arose and the political issues that arose. This book will take you through an emotional rollercoaster as you read. Our food supply is in trouble and what you don't know, can kill you or a loved one. less

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