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Food Poisoning Kills 420,000 Each Year, Says WHO Study

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Food poisoning kills 420,000 people every year, one third of them children under 5, according to a new study by the World Health Organization (WHO).  Researchers from the organization looked at 10 years of data, studying 31 disease-causing agents that cause an average of 600 million illnesses each year. “These estimates are the result of … Read more