That darn lettuce, it's out to kill you.

The following is the list of top ten FDA-regulated foods associated with food-borne illness outbreaks in the past 20 years, as reported by Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and elsewhere. Please note that meat is USDA-regulated, NOT FDA-regulated, so please don't yell at me about how berries cannot possibly be more dangerous than burger.

LEAFY GREENS: 363 outbreaks involving 13,568 reported cases of illness
EGGS: 352 outbreaks involving 11,163 reported cases of illness
TUNA: 268 outbreaks involving 2341 reported cases of illness
OYSTERS: 132 outbreaks involving 3409 reported cases of illness
POTATOES: 108 outbreaks involving 3659 reported cases of illness
CHEESE: 83 outbreaks involving 2761 reported cases of illness
ICE CREAM: 74 outbreaks involving 2594 reported cases of illness
TOMATOES: 31 outbreaks involving 3292 reported cases of illness
SPROUTS: 31 outbreaks involving 2022 reported cases of illness
BERRIES: 25 outbreaks involving 3397 reported cases of illness

Read the whole report here: http://cspinet.org/new/pdf/cspi_top_10_fda.pdf

I tried, in fairness, to get a comparison stat for how many outbreaks/year are associated with meat products, but my web-fu is not strong. If anyone can provide me a reliable source for that into I'll happily post it here.

Anyhoo, here's the contrast you get from my fail: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/03/beef.recall.e.coli/index.html

Twilight.

Wisdom from 4-chan. Frighting concept, I know.

"Seriously, Twilight has conditioned a legion of prepubescent girls into believing that obsessive/possessive behavior and objectification of women is not only acceptable, but also romantic as fuck. Stephanie Meyers has done the sexual deviants the world over a huge favor."

I suppose I should get around to reading this book, just to see how bad it really is.