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Factory farms contain thousands of tightly packed pigs.
In late May, newspaper reports began appearing about residents of Walkerton, Ontario contracting E. coli. This strain produces a kidney-destroying toxin that is often fatal to children and older people. The most common initial symptom is bloody diarrhea. As In These Times went to press, more than 1,000 of Walkerton's 5,000 residents had been diagnosed with E. coli. Seven people have died, and the coroner is investigating four more deaths.