nothing doing popeye

in my fridge is an unopened bag of spinach, which i am going to throw away rather than risk giving kellyn and i ecoli. if it were just me, i might just wash it real well, even though they say that wont help, and eat it anyway, but risking kellyn's health is a different, well bag of spinach.
i wonder how much of this is legitimate and how much is that tasty toast topper, media panic spread... thanks to j.b. for the information though; i haven't been keeping up with my current events since school started and i rely heavily on news relayed from friends. here's the link for an update on the ecoli issue: CNN.com - E. coli outbreak spreads to 10th state - Sep 15, 2006*