The FDA is being accused of a cover-up after a strain of E. coli found in lettuce affected 89 individuals in 15 states and killed one.
The epidemic seems to have started in St. Louis, Missouri, when a group of high school kids were hospitalized after eating salads from a nearby catering firm at their.
Yearly marching band banquet. They were soon in excruciating agony. Not all cases of serious sickness necessitating hospitalization occurred.
In Missouri; in Indiana, only a few miles away, a nine-year-old was put on dialysis for two weeks after suffering potentially fatal renal damage from an E. coli infection.
Since not everyone who became sick sought medical help, there were dozens of instances similar to theirs, if not more. However, victims and their loved ones are still unsure of who is to blame.
