Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 21:02:22 +0000
From: sdv <steve.devos-AT-krokodile.com>
Subject: Some impacts and evasions that derive from public lies of science and 


All

The below are [snips] from Promed these emails are evidence in the
ongoing uncovering of the lies and evasions which science and
technologists have committed related to the BSE food scare. The
interesting thing here is that the audience who were 'lied to' by the
science and technologists concerned seem more capable of dealing with
probability than the trained scientific community.

regards

sdv
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[1]
From: Chris Griot <griot-AT-freesurf.ch>
Date: 21 Oct 2000
Source: BBC News, 21 Oct 2000 [edited]


Suspect beef triggers French BSE scare. The suspect beef was sold in
French
supermarkets. The authorities in France say one of the leading
supermarket
chains, Carrefour, has sold up to a ton of beef which may be infected
with
Mad Cow Disease, or BSE (Bovine spongiform Encephalopathy). The
authorities
say the beef came from a herd of 13 cattle which was slaughtered earlier

this month.

Tests later showed one of the animals had the disease, but by then meat
from the other animals was already on sale in 39 Carrefour supermarkets.
A
cattle trader, his wife and son and a farm worker were detained for
questioning, a prosecutor in the western town of Bernay said. The trader

faces possible charges of selling goods liable to endanger health.
Eating
beef infected with BSE can cause a similar brain disease in humans.

The French Green party has demanded an immediate ban on the feeding of
animal products to other animals, after a report cast doubt on French
efforts to stop transmission of the disease. France banned the use of
meat
and bone meal (MBM) in foodstuffs for cattle herds in 1990, amid fears
they
played a key role in transmitting BSE. But the Liberation daily said the

state consumer fraud agency, which checks compliance with the 1990 law,
had
tolerated MBM in cattle feed for at least 2 years, however at levels of
less than 0.3%. Unlike Britain, France - which refuses to lift its ban
on
UK beef imports in defiance of an European Commission ruling - does not
bar
all cattle over the age of 30 months from human consumption. Under the
30-month rule, all cows in the UK over this age have to be slaughtered
and
their carcasses incinerated.

-
From: M. Cosgriff <mcosgriff-AT-hotmail.com> and Marjorie P. Pollack
<pollackmp-AT-mindspring.com>
Source: Reuters, 27 Oct 2000 [edited]


Seven new cases of mad cow disease in France
- ----------------------------------------------
France reported 7 more cases of BSE amid growing consumer fears after
supermarkets unknowingly sold beef potentially contaminated with the
deadly, brain-wasting disease. The new discoveries brought to 78 the
total
number of cases of BSE reported this year in France. Last year, France
reported 30 cases of BSE. Of the 7 new cases, 6 were detected under the
traditional surveillance system while the seventh was spotted under the
country's new BSE testing program launched in June.

Authorities destroyed all 7 cattle as well as their herds, for a total
of
531 animals. 3 retail chains earlier this week alerted customers they
had
sold beef from a herd in western France containing a cow suffering from
BSE. Approximately 10 makers of tripe and animal feed also received
offal
and meat products from the same BSE-tainted herd, prompting a scramble
to
track down contaminated food.

The revelations have forced the government to consider taking more
precautions against the spread of the disease, such as banning the
feeding
of animal products to other animals. Currently, France only bans the use
of
such products in cattle feed.

There have also been calls for a more systematic program of testing
cattle
for BSE. Farm Minister Jean Glavany said the government was leaning
towards
testing the 5 to 6 million cattle slaughtered in France each year, but
it
would take time to set up the necessary infrastructure and the tests
were
not fully reliable.

- -­
ProMED-mail
<promed-AT-promedmail.org>

***
From: George A. Robertson <grobertson-AT-rcn.com>
Source: Associate Press, 28 Oct 2000 [edited]


Teen-Age Girl Latest Victim of Human Form of Mad Cow Disease
- --------------------------------------------------------------
LONDON -A 14-year-old girl became the latest person to die of new
variant
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (nvCJD or vCJD), the human form of mad cow
(Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, BSE). The victim died at her home in
Wigan in northern England, just days after her family allowed television

cameras to record her plight. She was seen lying virtually motionless in
bed.

The British government this week promised millions of dollars in
compensation for families stricken by the disease. It released an
independent report Thursday showing officials were slow to respond to
evidence of its threat to human health.

It said mistakes were made in the handling of the crisis, including a
6-month delay in informing the public about the disease after government

scientists identified it in late 1995, for fear of causing panic and
damaging British trade.

A total of 81 people have now died from the brain-wasting disease in
Britain and 5 other cases are suspected. Three lawsuits have been filed
against the government.

­-
ProMED-mail
<promed-AT-promedmail.org>
...........................tg/ds



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