Re: mad cow/now basic question

mad cow disease is yet another one of those threats to modern civilization that i have neglected to pay a lot of attention to. i have foolishly assumed all this time that all it did was decimate the inhumane and crowded feed lots of the beef producers and the herds of overly subsidized dairy farmers. for some reason i missed the part about the demonstrated health risk [key words] to humans. what is it, please?



At 07:26 PM 5/24/03 -0400, you wrote:
Ray & Nora Edwards wrote:

    Actually it was felt that a man who used bone meal  for many years did
possibly contract the disease that way. No concrete evidence just anecdotal.
To my knowledge no tests have been done ,at least not in the states. As for
heat ,  that will not reduce the risk. Its a prion not a bacterial organism.
Nora

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Well but, a prion is a protein, is it not ? and heat sufficient
to carmelize a steak would be sufficient to make toast of
a prion, no ?
-jrf
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Jim Fisher
Vienna, Virginia USA
38.9 N 77.2 W
USDA Zone 7
Max. 105 F [40 C], Min. 5 F [-15 C]

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