OT/ Mad cow disease

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Hi All,

 

I hope that many people who still eat meat will consider becoming vegetarian

because of the mad cow disease scare. This would be great for the animals

and our planet. Has anyone noticed the wide spread of this disease across

Europe? Also, scrapie, a similar disease to Mad Cow Disease is still around

and many Elk are being slaughtered in Canada due to Chronic Wasting Disease

which is said to be similar to scrapie. I don't pretend to understand the

big picture

but I know the blood bank here is now disallowing donations from people who

were in the UK during certain years. Also, during the last Mad Cow Disease

scare

here, shelves were cleared of all kinds of products containing gelatine.

Perhaps the best way to avoid CJD (Mad cow disease in humans) is to avoid

all meat in my opinion (I;m sure even chickens are probably fed dead animal

in their

food) and to avoid dairy products and gelatine.

It is amazing how many products contain gelatine so it is always worth

reading labels.

 

I hope every one on the list has a happy Christmas and New Year.

 

Kind regards,

 

Marguerite