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E. coli, staph and salmonella are everywhere and all over you, but we still call things that have them "contaminated".
by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
E. coli, staph and salmonella are everywhere and all over you, but we still call things that have them "contaminated".
- brokenkebab 7y agoWe don't, except in some narrow contexts, like "Large quantities of E.c. found in bottled water". Looking at pristine lake far in woods one wouldn't say "Look, such a contaminated water!" just because there are bacteria. We also don't say "My intestines is contaminated with E.Coli" in spite of the fact it's there too.
- jimmaswell 7y agoBut if there was too much bacteria it would be contaminated. It's about there being an inappropriately high amount of something.