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New culprit may be to blame for E. coli outbreak on LI, nationwide

Health workers think they know what caused the E. coli outbreak that sickened at least 15 on Long Island and 71 nationwide. However, they say it wasn?t green onions. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

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Dec 13, 2006, 10:44 PM

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