Two men and a woman in Kingston, New York learned that lesson the hard way. At the hospital the doctors told them they were lucky to be alive. Botulism is one of the most toxic poisons knows to man. One in three who gets it dies. It isn't an easy death.
T'he illness starts with blurred or douI ble vision.
It progresses to difficulty m speaking, swallowing, and breathing. It ends in total paralysis. Botulism is caused by a toxm produced by the spores of Clostridium botulinum. These germs are found everywhere, especially in dirt. Their spores often survive on vegetables that are dug out of the ground.