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mrz
02-02-03, 12:05
WHO waarschuwt voor voedselterrorisme
GENEVE (ANP) - De Wereldvoedselorganisatie (WHO) waarschuwt vrijdag voor besmetting van voedsel door terroristische aanslagen. De VN-organisatie roept landen op maatregelen te nemen om te voorkomen dat voedsel wordt besmet met chemische, biologische of radioactieve middelen.

In het rapport 'Terrorist Threats to Food: Guidance for Establishing and Strengthening Prevention and Response Systems' worden gezondheidsautoriteiten en voedselindustrie gewezen op de risico's van mogelijke terroristische dreigingen.

Volgens de WHO zijn er tot nu toe nog weinig gevallen van voedselterrorisme bekend, maar dienen ze wel als waarschuwing. Als voorbeeld noemt het rapport de besmetting met salmonella veroorzaakt door een religieuze sekte in de Amerikaanse staat Oregon in 1984. Meer dan 750 mensen werden destijds ziek.

http://www.volkskrant.nl/ANP/BUI/ANP-310103-362-anp.html

Lol. Jaja en Amerika in Kosovo en Afghanistan met haar depleted uranium dan? Sorteert dat niet hetzelfde effect als die zogenaamde terroristische aanslagen op voedsel? Echt dit lijkt inderdaad richting een 2e holocaust te gaan voor de goede orde radioactief eten hoef je alleen voor naar Oekraine en praktisch al het eten wereldwijd is wel enigszins chemisch besmet of biologisch besmet door resistentie sommige bacterien, of schimmels for that matter :D. Salmonella lol wat een gezeik. Als voorbeeld een besmetting in 1984? :duizelig: Dit is echt een hele zieke grap dit moet een ANP bericht voorstellen? What dit I miss is het alweer 1 april??????

mrz
02-02-03, 12:49
Friday, 31 January, 2003, 21:10 GMT
WHO issues alert on food terrorism
There have been attempts to contaminate food

By Emma Jane Kirby
BBC Geneva correspondent

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that terrorist groups could try to contaminate food supplies and has urged countries to strengthen their surveillance.
There has already been some examples of deliberate contamination of the food chain. It's only very few, but there has been some examples

WHO report

In a special report, the leading UN health agency, said an attack using chemical or biological agents in food could lead to people dying or contracting serious illnesses like cancer.

The agency said it had not received any specific warnings of such an attack.

But it added that it viewed deliberate food contamination as "a real and current threat".

'Potential is there'

The 45-page booklet entitled Terrorist Threats to Food warns of the potential insertion of pesticides, viruses and parasites in food as "a way of deliberately harming civilian populations".

It cites examples of intentional food attacks of the past, including a salmonella outbreak in the US state of Oregon.

In that incident, more than 750 people became ill, after members of a cult contaminated restaurant salad bars.

The WHO director of food safety, Jurgen Schlundt, said the booklet was not designed to alarm but rather to try to alert governments to boost their surveillance and emergency response measures.

"There has already been some examples of deliberate contamination of the food chain. It's only very few, but there has been some examples. And we do know that the potential is there," he said.

"The way to try to deal with it is to strengthen some of the systems that we already have in place, but they need in some cases strengthening of certain areas."

Mr Schlundt added that natural outbreaks show the potential dangers of food-borne disease.

He said about 1.5 million people already die each year due to diarrhoea-related illnesses caught from eating contaminated food.

The WHO says if terrorists deliberately add harmful agents, many more people could be left suffering from acute long-term effects, including paralysis, foetal abnormalities and increased rates of chronic illnesses like cancer.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2714951.stm

Lol toch wel zwaar ironisch dat er hier geen melding van het jaartal van die salmonellabesmetting gegeven wordt.

Om deze mogelijke terroristische aanslagen beetje in perspectief te plaatsen:


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