Nicols fox biography

Nicols Fox, a "reluctant vegetarian," gave up hamburger first because E. coli contamination can easily spread throughout the meat.

Originally an art critic, Fox found herself increasingly drawn into the E.

coli case. “At first I thought Jack in the Box was just an anomaly,” she says, “but after checking with the Centers for Disease Control, I found that it wasn't just isolated on the west coast—it was happening all over.

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Here was a fascinating story, a new bacterium that had somehow gotten into the food supply. Finding out how that happened became my obsession.”

With the writing of her 1997 book, Spoiled: The Dangerous Truth About a Food Chain Gone Haywire (Penguin), Fox answered her questions about E.

coli, but she also looked at other frightening pathogens that have invaded our food supply. These include Salmonella and Campylobacter, both of which have become almost omnipresent in poultry; and “mad cow” disease, whi