waterborne illness

John Boehner's salmonella outbreak

lborkowski | October 14, 2013

by Anthony Robbins, MD, MPA A recent editorial in the New York Times, "Rolling the dice on food-borne illnesses," focused on just one of the many health dangers related to the federal government shutdown.  The editorial reminded me of developments in Vermont almost forty years ago, when I was the State Health Commissioner. Vermont's House Appropriations Committee was threatening to cut the Health Department's budget.  After telling the Committee members that they would be hurting the Department’s ability to protect the public, including from foodborne and waterborne illness, I suggested…