Agree. Article contains misinformation and should be flagged. In fact the bacteria in question is often and readily consumed. Not to mention the fact that we are awash in bacteria all the time.

The source stating that the bacteria are considered pathogens, is selling his book. The link to the National Academy of Sciences is also broken.

Also most bacteria can be opportunistic pathogens, depending on the situation, even the ones in our gut.

So while the ethics can be deemed questionable, the article presents the situation as if harm was certainly done, when in the most likely case not a single person was adversely effected.