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<blockquote data-quote="Zander" data-source="post: 6278598" data-attributes="member: 1364">No, indeed you didn't mention kitchen counters. I did for illustrative purposes. So does the site you linked to.&nbsp;No, I won't. I'm already familiar with those findings.It is precisely because &quot;food poisoning&quot; sounds &quot;dramatic&quot; that I doubt many people would attribute mild digestive conditions to it.&nbsp; &nbsp;If eating food that has fallen on the floor has caused even a small number of deaths, isn't that reason enough not to do it? If something could kill you that you could easily avoid, you probably should. Very few people are killed by poisonous snakes in the UK. When I went on a camping holiday with friends in the UK, they came across a snake and were teasing it before I caught up with them. I suggested they shouldn't bait the snake because a) it's cruel and b) one species of snake in the UK is venomous. Setting aside the cruelty issue for the nonce, I didn't say: &quot;Oh sure, go ahead. No one has died from a wild snake bite in this country since 1975, so tease it all you like.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zander, post: 6278598, member: 1364"] No, indeed you didn't mention kitchen counters. I did for illustrative purposes. So does the site you linked to. No, I won't. I'm already familiar with those findings. It is precisely because "food poisoning" sounds "dramatic" that I doubt many people would attribute mild digestive conditions to it. If eating food that has fallen on the floor has caused even a small number of deaths, isn't that reason enough not to do it? If something could kill you that you could easily avoid, you probably should. Very few people are killed by poisonous snakes in the UK. When I went on a camping holiday with friends in the UK, they came across a snake and were teasing it before I caught up with them. I suggested they shouldn't bait the snake because a) it's cruel and b) one species of snake in the UK is venomous. Setting aside the cruelty issue for the nonce, I [I]didn't[/I] say: "Oh sure, go ahead. No one has died from a wild snake bite in this country since 1975, so tease it all you like." [/QUOTE]

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