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• E. coli: how dangerous is your food?
  Food scientists are concerned about an increase in the number of outbreaks of E. coli contamination over the past couple of years. E. coli has the potential to cause severe illness and death in young children and the elderly. Finding the source of the contamination can be difficult when food like ground beef is processed from a variety of ingredients from around the country and around the world.9:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Joellen Feirtag: Associate professor and extension food safety specialist at the University of Minnesota.
  Jeff Bender: Director, Center for Animal Health & Food Safety at the University of Minnesota.
  Mark Dopp: Senior vice president of regulatory affairs and general counsel at the American Meat Institute.
  More from MPR
  Four Minnesota cases of E. coli illness linked to Sam's Club meat (10/05/2007)
  Six E. coli cases in Minn. linked to recalled cookie dough (06/19/2009)
  New for cows: A vaccine for E. coli (03/12/2009)
  Resources
  New York Times: E. Coli Path Shows Flaws in Beef Inspection
  About Joellen Feirtag
  About Jeff Bender
  American Meat Institute
• Physicist takes a deeper look at gravity, science education
  Helen Quinn talks about how investigating gravity beyond why apples fall to the ground usually leads to more questions than answers. Quinn is a foremost theoretical physicist and proponent of science education.10:06 a.m.
  Guests
  Helen Quinn: Theoretical physicist at Stanford University who studies elementary particles. She works at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. She's the co-author most recently of "The Mystery of the Missing Antimatter." (2008)
  Resources
  About Helen Quinn
  Helen Quinn event information at the University of Minnesota
  NPR: Science Group Bids to Boost Physics Teachers

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