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Look at the population of India. Do you think the "botulism spores" have caused any damage? Besides the obvious, "YES!", what effect does your statement have o

Look at the population of India. Do you think the "botulism spores" have caused any damage? Besides the obvious, "YES!", what effect does your statement have on the fact that American babies have died from botulism spores found in raw honey? Have you verified that, of Indian infants who died, all were tested for botulism? I suspect you haven't, and it sounds like maybe you're just ranting about the tangential subject of cleanliness and allergy. But hey, maybe a few dead babies and some hookworm (42.8% infection rate) is better than popping a Claratin.

ajays 16y ago
From 1979 to 2006, there were 26 cases of infant botulism in Canada (whose numbers I could find), and it isn't known how many got botulism from honey. So the data is not there for an "advanced" country like Canada; what are the chances that there's such data in India? Do you have any references to back up your _fact_ that babies have died from botulism spores that definitely _came_ from raw honey?