College instructor fighting bacteria banned from McDonald’s - Arizona News from The Arizona Republic.
Chandler resident Erin Carr Jordan got a morning surprise from McDonald’s this week and there were no eggs or muffins involved. It was a 7 a.m. hand-delivered letter from a lawyer prohibiting her from setting foot in eight Valley McDonald’s and threatening her with criminal trespassing charges if she did. The mother of four, a college instructor with a doctorate in developmental psychology, is on an unrelenting national crusade to clean up fast-food play areas, claiming the pathogens she found in them threaten children’s health. The incident she believes spurred the lawyer’s letter happened during one of her repeat visits to a Gilbert McDonald’s. She said she discovered antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, known to cause potentially life-threatening infections, in the restaurant’s PlayPlace.
