Dangerous worms

[tara]

A common disease in tropical countries is ascariasis. The annual death rate due to ascariasis is about 20,000, most due to complications within the intestine, where the worms settle as adults. An estimated 700 million individuals are affected at any given time by the disease.

Ascariasis is spread through dirt. The worm which grows in the intestine, the roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides, is the largest such parasite, growing to a length of 19.3 in (49 cm). It can live about a year in the human body.

The disease can cause difficulties, such as bronchial asthma, in the lungs, when the parasite settles in that part of the body. The greatest threat to the human host is the loss of food nutrients which go to the worm instead of the host. Individuals whose diet is already sparse may suffer from malnutrition after infection with ascariasis.

http://science.jrank.org/pages/6993/...-Diseases.html

[Jo]

Another fish related nasty worm called Anisakis simplex, that can cause severe human problems is on the rise in UK parts from wild salmon.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle3254121.ece

Fish aren't getting a very good deal at the moment are they

And neither are we