Chipotle To Delay Opening Today To Thank Its Employees -- February 8, 2016

Chipotle has closed all its stores today. From the Christian Science Monitor:

Don’t worry, it’s not permanent.

Chipotle is set to close all of its nearly 2,000 North American restaurants for several hours on Monday, Feb. 8, after reports of successive outbreaks of food poisoning.

“We are hosting a national team meeting to thank our employees for their hard work through this difficult time, discuss some of the food safety changes we are implementing, and answer questions from employees,” Chris Arnold, a Chipotle spokesman, said in an email to The New York Times.

The restaurants will open 3 p.m. on Feb. 8 instead of its usual lunchtime start at 10 or 11 a.m. In the meeting, Chipotle employees will focus on how to improve food safety.

It’s been a bad six months for Chipotle, which built its brand on fresh and locally grown ingredients. Since July, there have been more than a handful of bacterial contaminations, resulting in about 500 people reporting illness after eating its food in the latter half of 2015.

I could be wrong, but I believe more people have been affected by Chipotle than any ground water contamination caused by fracking. 

In fact, to the best of my knowledge, fracking has not been confirmed to result in any ground water contamination, and no illnesses have been associated with ground water contamination due to fracking. 

Hey, what about fracking risks in New York state? It's easy to find out. Just google tritium on the blog.