German officials announced on Friday that they believe bean sprouts are indeed the source of the deadly E. coli infections in that country, the worst such outbreak in recorded history. Health authorities had previously fingered the sprouts, grown on an organic farm in Bienenbüttel south of Hamburg, but then retracted their decision when DNA tests comparing strains from infected patients and sprouts on the farm did not match. (More on TIME.com: To … Read More
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