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Botulism record set straight

Dear Editor:

[ would appreciate it if you
would set the record straight on
what botulism actually is.

In the recent front page article

the North Shore News twice men-
tioned that botulism is caused by a
virus, This is incorrect.

In the next issue, an article on
page two suggests that it is a
bacterial infection. This too is in-

on suspected botulism poisoning,

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correct.

It could be inferred from these
stories that botulism could be
spread in the same way a cold or
fluo is, via infected people.
Botulism is not an infection but an

intoxication or a poisoning caused
by a bacteria which releases a
powerful toxin once it has been in-
gested.

Brad Hutchinson

North Vancouver

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