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31): Would the average American have believed that hamburgers were treated with ammonia to remove salmonella and E. labor costs and saving the lives of hamburger lovers. 1, 2010 Note from KBJ: Enjoy your hamburger. To the Editor: “ Company’s Record on Treatment of Beef Is Called Into Question ” (front page, Dec. Not in my mouth.

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5, 2009 To the Editor: I ate my last hamburger last night. 4, 2009 To the Editor: Your otherwise impressive article did not mention irradiation, the only reliable method of eliminating E. 5, 2009 The writer worked from 1978 to 1990 at Consumers Union as a health and science writer for Consumer Reports Magazine.

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2, 2009 The writer is dean of the College of Natural, Applied and Health Sciences at Kean University. What would the cost of a hamburger at Burger King or McDonald’s be if the meat were to come from Ms. Niman for pasturing the animals to provide all the beef, turkey, chicken and pork eaten in this country? Toney Union, N.J.,