OT: Mad Cow info (for Gene and others interested)

[Guest guest]

Further to our McD discussions, this just in this morning, which you

may/may not have seen?

 

Best,

Pat

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(from December 2003 issue of Dr. Michael Greger's Monthly Newsletter)

 

II. TOP MAD COW STORY OF THE MONTH

 

In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine last month,

researchers discovered that prions infect the muscles of people who die

from Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.[5] This is the first time these

infectious prions have been found outside of nerve tissue. This raises

concerns about the cross contamination of surgical instruments (since

standard sterilization methods cannot guarantee the inactivation of

prions) and of course continues to challenge the National Cattlemen's

Beef Association's continued insistence that prions are only found in

the central nervous system.

 

Across the Atlantic, Great Britain is launching a national tonsil

archive this month to estimate how many Britons have already been

infected with mad cow disease and are currently incubating the fatal

disease. By collecting and testing tonsil samples from people undergoing

tonsillectomies, the UK government is hoping to estimate how many

beef-eaters might die in the coming years from the human form of mad cow

disease. The infectious prions seem to build up first in lymphoid

tissues such as tonsils and appendixes years before the person starts

showing symptoms and spirals towards death.

 

For more on the mad cow disease crisis, please see my paper " U.S.

Violates WHO Guidelines for Mad Cow Disease " on the Organic Consumer

Association's mad cow disease website.

 

http://organicconsumers.org/madcow.htm

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* " I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet " - Gandhi

 

* " The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of

animals as they now look upon the murder of men " - Leonardo da Vinci

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[Guest guest]

why oh why, would anyone consider the National Cattlemen's Beef

Association an authority on neurological disorders. Oh yes, it's our

old friend cognitive dissonance; people want to believe that animal

flesh is good for you so they can continue their hedonism guilt

free. But why is this post off topic?

 

 

This is the first time these infectious prions have been found

outside of nerve tissue. This raises concerns about the cross

contamination of surgical instruments (since standard sterilization

methods cannot guarantee the inactivation of prions) and of course

continues to challenge the National Cattlemen's

> Beef Association's continued insistence that prions are only found

in the central nervous system.

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