When Anthony, 82, fell ill after a spot of summer gardening, the GP said it was a virus that would pass in a few days. A week later, he was dead. His killer? A simple bag of compost.

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   When Anthony, 82, fell ill after a spot of summer gardening, the GP said it was a virus that would pass in a few days. A week later, he was dead. His killer? A simple bag of compost.

   Should bags of compost - as used by countless green-fingered Britons every day - carry warnings about a potentially deadly bacteria they could harbour?