German Sprouts Are the Source of E. Coli

German Sprouts Are the Source of E. Coli

The E. coli outbreak so far has killed 31 people, sickened nearly 3,000, and threatened other European countries. German officials had at one stage said Spanish cucumbers might have been the source of the outbreak. However, the government is now planning to lift the warning against eating cucumbers, tomatoes, and lettuce since they concluded that the E. coli outbreak was actually linked to vegetable sprouts.

The breakthrough came after a task force from three institutes linked separate groups of patients who had fallen sick after dining at 26 restaurants and cafeterias that had received produce from an organic farm in Lower Saxony. Since it has not yet been established why the sprouts were bad or whether the seeds or the farm's water had been contaminated, the experts said it was possible that other farms could also be affected.

德国豆芽证实为大肠杆菌元凶

　　大肠杆菌疫情的爆发到目前为止已夺走 31 条人命，近 3 千人染病，并威胁其他欧洲国家。德国官员一度表示西班牙小黄瓜可能是疫情爆发来源。然而，由于德国政府断定大肠杆菌疫情实际上与豆芽有关，因此正打算解除针对食用小黄瓜、西红柿和莴苣的警告。

　　这项突破是因为来自 3 家机构的特别小组将不同群组的病人连结起来，这些病人曾在 26 家餐厅和自助餐听用餐后染病，而这些店家都跟下萨克森 1 家有机农场采购农产品。由于目前尚未确定这些豆芽为何受到污染，或究竟种子和农场用水有无遭到污染，因此专家表示其他农场也可能受到波及。

Government Moves to Fix Sinking Taiwan High Speed Rail

An emergency meeting will be held to address the sinking of the Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR). The THSR will have 10 years or less remaining in its lifespan if this problem is left unresolved. Not only is the THSR at stake, but food production and drainage are also likely to be affected by this crisis.

On the issue of underground water overdraft, the government is demanding that Taiwan Water Corporation have all the pipelines in place before the completion of Yunlin's Hushan reservoir in 2015. It is also calling for the sealing of all the deep wells blamed for the THSR's sinking by the end of the same year.

政府处理高铁路段下陷问题

　　政府将召开紧急会议处理台湾高铁的下陷问题。如果持续置之不理，高铁将只剩 10 年或更短的寿命。不仅高铁濒临危险，连粮食生产和排水系统也可能受到这个危机波及。

　　至于地下水超抽问题，政府政要求自来水公司在云林湖山水库于 2015年竣工前把所有管线配置妥当。同时也要求在同样期限内封闭造成高铁地层下陷的所有地下水井。