e-coli Outbreak

The media coverage of the e-coli outbreak in Germany is driving me crazy. I have not read or heard a single story which makes the connection between e-coli and animal/human feces. The simple fact is, that e-coli is an intestinal bacteria and it gets on plants only when they are contaminated with animal waste. A very simple solution to this problem would be to cease animal agriculture.

When the media focuses on finding the "source" of the e-coli epidemic and blames it on salad vegetables, it misses the point completely. Yes, people may have gotten sick from eating vegetables, but those vegetables were contaminated by feces somehow. Eliminate the animal agriculture, and you eliminate the source of the contamination. If the world was vegan, there would be a lot less food-borne illness.