The Atlantic Says Our Summer of Contamination Could Have Been Much Worse. It Is Right. Put E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, or Listeria on the Same Lettuce and the Arithmetic Is Thousands in the Hospital and Hundreds Dead.

The Atlantic Says Our Summer of Contamination Could Have Been Much Worse. It Is Right. Put E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, or Listeria on the Same Lettuce and the Arithmetic Is Thousands in the Hospital and Hundreds Dead.

by | Sep 2, 2026 | Law

Daniel Engber’s piece in The Atlantic this morning, The Truth About American Food Safety, closes with the thought that our summer of contamination could have been much worse. He is right, and the reason is not the system. It is the bug. Cyclospora...