Human exposure to infectious microorganisms in food, water and other sources is a matter of increasing concern. So is the political drive to require quantitative risk assessment for setting environmental policy priorities. This text applies quantitative risk assessment to the risks of human infection from a variety of microorganisms. Outbreaks of illness related to cryptosporidium-contaminated tapwater in Milwaukee (1993) and deaths from e. coli in ground beef - as well as the risk to humans associated with mad cow disease - underline the need for information about quantitative risk assessment of infectious microorganisms
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