"traced to"

[James A. Landau <JJJRLandau@netscape.com>]

Atlantic City Press, Monday, June 6, 2011, page A3
"E. coli traced back to organic farm"
AP dispatch by Kirsten Grieshaber and Tomislav Skaro

"Preliminary tests found that bean sprouts and other sprout varieties from the farm in the Uelzen area could be traced to infections in five German states"

I would have written "infections...could be traced back to the farm" and the headline writer appears to have agreed with me.

   - Jim Landau

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