Several shipments of bananas from Costa Rica have been infected with necrotizing fasciitis, otherwise known as flesh eating bacteria. We are now just learning that the disease has been able to graft itself to the skin of fruits in the region, most notably the banana which is Costa Rica's largest export. It is advised not to purchase bananas for the next three weeks as this is the period of time for which bananas that have been shipped to the U.S. with the possibility of carrying this disease. The FDA has been reluctant to issue a country-wide warning because of fear of a nationwide panic. The skin infection from necrotizing fasciitis is very painful and eats two to three centimeters of flesh per hour.
Amputation is likely, death is possible.
Again, completely false. Not to mention, the disease the email refers to, necrotizing fasciitis, does exist, but it can't be transmitted in a piece of fruit. So before you pass on any of these emails that sound like they could be urban legends, think about it. Chances are, it's nothing more than a hoax. One woman's revenge via the Internet.