Bird risk far from paltry

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Published: 9 Feb 2013 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

Dr Nithi Mahanonda (''No need to chicken out'', Life, Feb 5) makes good points about the health problems associated with eating chicken.

In particular I'd like to respond to his comments about salmonella and campylobacter which cause food poisoning and kills many people every year.

In his book, The Power of Your Plate, Dr Neal Barnard quotes former US secretary of agriculture Carol Tucker as saying: ''People have gone to the store and picked up packages of poultry and taken them off to a laboratory and checked them for salmonella contamination. The number of birds contaminated has been shown in several studies to be around a third.''

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egon
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Discussion 20 : 10 Feb 2013 at 09.5120
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Oldthaihand:may be not so old as it appears because you are not au fait.I live in the middle of the Isahn ,have many teacher friends and know what they earn.Your numbers from 5-10 years ago.Better you ask around.
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Discussion 19 : 09 Feb 2013 at 19.1119
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Where do you get an average of 40-50,000 for a teacher's salary?

That's nonsense. Maybe Thai teachers at some private schools earn that. But, upcountry, and even at many Thai schools in Bangkok, teachers make less than 20,000 and many make 10,000 or less.

Even at the more prestigious university demonstration schools, Thai teachers make at the very best 30,000.
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Discussion 18 : 09 Feb 2013 at 18.5818
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"'Hun Sen] fears an honest, open investigation by the tribunal could turn up unpleasant or embarrassing facts' is to tell a lie." You are wrong madam, it's right on the mark.
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Discussion 17 : 09 Feb 2013 at 11.5217
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Regarding madam Yu Ay's comments about the tribunal. I think it is worth reminding her that the second world war ended on 2nd december 1945 and the trials at Numerburg began on 20th November 1945. They finished in October 1946. Whilst I can fully understand that in the aftermath of the khymer rouge it was impossible to conduct the trails then. But they should have been carried out in the late 90's after the death of Pol Pot. The fact that the government has let it drag on for such an interminable length and prosecuted so few people is a crime in itself. Obviously any reporter has to question why it has taken quite so long
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Discussion 16 : 09 Feb 2013 at 11.3316
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In response to DBKK's letter regarding five star hotels in thailand. I'm not sure they are now quite so reliant on europe anymore. In the past five years there has been a massive influx of russians, arabs, indians, australians, the wealthy of singapore and hong kong and the new money from china. The hotels are full and for these countries relatively cheap. Compare a five star hotel in singapore to bangkok or hong kong or sydney.
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Discussion 15 : 09 Feb 2013 at 11.0615
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Disc 10:Nothing wrong with their salaries.There seems to be a big misunderstanding about the teacher,s salaries.Nowadays an average teacher brings home 40-50.000 baht.Compared to other professions a very nice compensation indeed!Problem is their below standard quality.Nagi:an amazingly correct letter.
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Discussion 14 : 09 Feb 2013 at 09.5214
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Re drug dealers, I've asked before and I'll ask again - why does Thailand have a police force? They have no interest in solving or investigating crime, and commit much of it themselves.
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Discussion 13 : 09 Feb 2013 at 09.2813
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Sorry I should have included the quote so you don't have to look for it. "About 1 in 5 illnesses were linked to leafy green vegetables — more than any other type of food. And nearly half of all food poisonings were attributed to produce in general, when illnesses from other fruits and vegetables were added in."
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Discussion 12 : 09 Feb 2013 at 09.2512
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Eric Bahrt - since you have cited the CDC (Center for Disease Control USA) perhaps you should inspect their findings that more food poisoning events were traced to vegetables than meat products. I found it interesting.
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Discussion 11 : 09 Feb 2013 at 09.1311
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Daniel,this has happend to me many times as well. I have been wondering why the police didn't do anything as it would be an easy catch. Came to the conclusion that for wahtever reason, the police force is not interested in taking people who destroys life and families off the street. I fail to understand why !
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