Knowledge: food and water borne
See Also:
- business → food and related products → consulting → food safety
- health → public health and safety → epidemiology → infectious diseases
- home → consumer information → food and drink
- home → cooking → safety
- home → emergency preparation → food and water
- science → technology → food science → food safety
- society → issues → environment → food and drink
- society → issues → health → food, drink and nutrition
Links
- Foodborne Illness: Prevention Strategies
http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC3620.htm - Factsheet from Clemson University describes types, symptoms and preventing food borne illnesses.
- Clemson Extension: Foodborne Illnesses: Viruses
http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC3720.htm - Factsheet showing causes, symptoms and treatment of viral infections.
- AMA: Diagnosis and Management of Foodborne Illnesses
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/3629.html - Publication for health care professionals on the causes and treatments of foodborne illness.
- Bacteria and Foodborne Illness
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/bacteria/ - Discusses the causes, risk factors, and complications associated with foodborne illness. Reviews treatment options and prevention strategies.
- Bacterial Food Poisoning
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/extension/poison.html - Discusses the common bacterial agents and the symptoms and foods associated with each agent.
- The Bad Bug Book
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html - This handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. Each chapter focuses on either one bacteria, virus, parasite, or natural toxin, providing basic facts.
- DBMD - Foodborne Infections
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/foodborneinfections_g.htm - FAQ discussing the causes and preventions of foodborne diseases.
- eMedicine - Food Poisoning
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic807.htm - Article by Senthil Nachimuthu, MD.
- FDA/CFSAN - Foodborne Illness
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/foodborn.html - Directory of sites with information on various foodborne illnesses.
- Food Poisoning Micro-Organisms
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Health/foods3.asp - Food safety for food workers information source discussing the causes and prevention of foodborne illness.
- Food Safety and Foodborne Illness
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs237/en/ - Factsheet from the World Health Organization.
- Food Storage, Food Spoilage, and Foodborne Illness
http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~vista/abstracts/aFOODSTOR.html - Publication looks at the causes of foodborne illness, such as salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium botulinum, and trichinosis, and ways to avoid problems.
- Foodborne Illness
http://www.fpnotebook.com/GI21.htm - Factsheets on causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
- Foodborne Pathogens: Iowa State University Extension
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/foodsafety/pathogens/index.cfm?parent=37 - Includes causes of illness, incubation period, symptoms, possible contaminants, and steps for prevention.
- FoodNet
http://www.cdc.gov/foodnet/ - Project consists of active surveillance for foodborne diseases and related epidemiologic studies designed to help public health officials better understand the epidemiology of foodborne diseases in the United States.
- FoodSafety.gov - Foodborne Pathogens
http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/fsgpath.html - Directory of links dealing with foodborne illness.
- How to Help Avoid Foodborne Illness in the Home
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/food/foodborn/foodborn.htm - Features prevention strategies and causes.
- MedlinePlus: Food Contamination And Poisoning
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/foodcontaminationandpoisoning.html - Features news and factsheets.
- MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Food Poisoning
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001652.htm - Includes symptoms, causes, prevention, complications, tests, and treatment.
- Minnesota Department of Health: Foodborne Illness
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/dtopics/foodborne/ - Includes surveillance statistics, outbreaks in the state, symptoms, causes, and prevention.
- Reducing the Risk of Food Poisoning
http://ohioline.osu.edu/ss-fact/0124.html - Factsheet from Ohio State University.
- Seafood-Related Illnesses
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/sea-ill.html - Collection of factsheets on various causes of seafood borne illnesses.
- RUSick2 Food Poisoning Forum - Michigan State University
https://rusick2.msu.edu/ - Compare notes about what you ate before becoming sick.
- Vibrio vulnificus
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/vibriovulnificus_g.htm - Can cause disease in those who eat contaminated seafood or have an open wound that is exposed to seawater. Features symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, and treatment.
- CDC: Healthy Swimming
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyswimming/ - Recommendations for healthy swimming behaviors needed to protect people from recreational water illnesses (RWIs) and will help stop germs from getting in the pool in the first place.
- EPA Ground Water and Drinking Water
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/ - Information from the Environmental Protection Agency on maintaining a safe water supply.
- WHO: Foodborne Disease
http://www.who.int/foodsafety/foodborne_disease/en/ - Includes disease surveillance, publications, and links.
- CDC: Viral Gastroenteritis
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/gastro/faq.htm - Discusses viruses that can cause gastroenteritis, including rotaviruses, adenoviruses, caliciviruses, astroviruses, Norwalk virus, and a group of Noroviruses.
- CDC: Rotavirus
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/gastro/rotavirus.htm - Features organism information, concern about the vaccine, treatment, and prevention.
- Vibrio parahaemolyticus
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/vibrioparahaemolyticus_g.htm - Includes cause, associated foods, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of this illness associated with contaminated seafood.
- Foodlink: Food Poisoning
http://www.foodlink.org.uk/factfile.asp?file=1 - Provides information on the causes of food poisoning.
- Marler Clark
http://www.foodborneillness.com/ - Law firm site with news and information about foodborne illnesses.
- DBMD - Brainerd Diarrhea
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/brainerddiarrhea_g.htm - No cause for this illness has been found yet. Includes source of infection, symptoms, prevention, and outbreaks.
- The Unwelcome Dinner Guest: Preventing Food-Borne Illness
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fdunwelc.html - Factsheet on prevention from the FDA.
- Children's Water Fund
http://www.childrenswaterfund.org/ - Providing clean, disease-free water systems to families otherwise forced to drink disease-invested water in Africa.
- MedlinePlus: Drinking Water
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/drinkingwater.html - Factsheets and news releases about harmful substances and organisms in water.
- eMedicine - Food Poisoning :
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic795.htm - Article by Sunil K Sood, MD.
- eMedicine - Vibrio Infections
http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic2375.htm - Article by Hoi Ho, MD.
- WHO: Water-related Disease
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/diseases/en/ - Includes factsheets and issues.
- Foodborne Illness
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/TOPIC_Foodborne_Illness - Directory of factsheets on the most common causes of food poisoning.
- Parasites and Foodborne Illness
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/pubs/parasite.htm - Publication of the US Food Safety and Inspection Service that discusses several foodborne parasites.
- eMedicine Health - Food Poisoning
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/articles/17289-1.asp - Articles on the causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of several foodborne illneses.
- Ask NOAH About: Food Poisoning
http://www.noah-health.org/en/stomach/food/ - Directory of annotated links.
- Safe Tables Our Priority (STOP)
http://www.safetables.org/ - Organization which works to promote food safety and prevent food borne illness. Supports foodborne illness victims, educates consumers about unsafe food conditions, and works with government on food safety issues.
- Food Safety: Food Poisoning
http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/foodsafety/poisoning.html - Discusses signs, symptoms and prevention of viral, bacterial, and fungal food poisoning. From the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
- CDC Health Topic: Foodborne Illnesses
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/food/ - Causes, symptoms, treatments, and prevention of foodborne illnesses.
- BBC Health - Food Poisoning
http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/foodpoisoning1.shtml - Short discussion of the causes, prevention, and treatments.
- Preventing Food Poisoning and Food Infection
http://pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/pubs/PDF/FDNS-E44.pdf - Factsheet from the University of Georgia.
- CDC Travelers' Health - Risks from Food and Drink
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/foodwater.htm - Factsheet covering prevention of foodborne and waterborne illness.
- CDC - Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch
http://www.cdc.gov/foodborne/ - Focuses on the control and prevention of bacterial foodborne and diarrheal diseases. Features news, programs, alerts, and information about individual diseases.
- How to Stop Food-Borne Illness Before it Starts
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1008283853.html - Provided by HealthLink. Information on food-borne diarrheal disease and safe food handling practices in the home.
- Food Standards Agency - Avoiding Food Poisoning
http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/healthissues/foodpoisoning/ - FAQ on several causes of food poisoning.
- National Restaurant Association : Foodborne Illness
http://www.restaurant.org/foodsafety/how_to_pathogens.cfm - A list of some of the most common foodborne illnesses and their symptoms and causes.
- Texas Department of Health: Foodborne Illness
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/health/foodborne_illness/ - Fact sheets on several waterborne and foodborne illnesses.
- Food Microbe
http://www.foodmicrobe.com/ - Providing academic research services to the food industry relating to hygiene, poisoning, and spoilage.
- Food Poisoning
http://www.calpoison.org/public/food.html - Comprehensive information on food poisoning, from the California Poison Control System.
- WHO: Foodborne Diseases
http://www.who.int/topics/foodborne_diseases/en/ - Directory of links and news.
- Food Safety Research Information Office
http://fsrio.nal.usda.gov/ - Directory of resources covering several diseases and toxins that can cause foodborn illness.
- Foodborne Illness--What Consumers Need to Know
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Foodborne_Illness_What_Consumers_Need_to_Know/ - Factsheet from the USDA.
- Foodborne Illnesses
http://www.fightbac.org/content/view/7/8/ - Information about cross-contamination and how bacteria spreads.
- Foodborne Illness: Ten Least Wanted Foodborne Pathogens
http://www.fightbac.org/content/view/14/21/ - Discusses common causes and symptoms.
- Waterborne Illness
http://www.fpnotebook.com/GI25.htm - Factsheets on causes, symptoms, treatment, and prevention.
- Safe Water for International Travelers
http://www.safewateronline.com - Find details on waterborne diseases, drinking water ratings, health risks of swimming pools or spas, and quality standards. Contains a search, by country.
- Foodborne Diseases
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/foodborne.htm - Factsheets from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
- Safefood Bug Bible
http://www.safefood.net.au/AudienceHierarchy/TheBugBible/Default.htm - Series of factsheets covering the common causes of food poisoning.
- Foodborne Illness Education Information Center
http://www.nal.usda.gov/foodsafety/ - Information and discussion of the issues, training materials, discussion groups, and links.
- Food poisoning and Foodborne Illness
http://www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au/consumer/c-foodborne-illness.asp - An explanation of foodborne illness or food poisoning. What is is, where it comes from, and how to avoid it. NSW Food Authority (government) information for consumers and schools.
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