-- A coroner ruled Wednesday that E. coli had nothing to do with five of 21 deaths considered possibly linked to the intestinal bacteria that contaminated a rural town's drinking water.

Dr. James Young, the Ontario chief coroner, said he expected a similar finding for some of the other deaths being investigated.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/i/AP-Canada-E-Coli.html

-- Elija Jones (jaspa62@hotmail.com), June 28, 2000