~SH~ wrote:
The politics is truly against you on this one bse-tester. If your test would do what you say it would, USDA should be jumping at it. Food safety is not taken lightly in this country.
I just think there is more to the story regarding your test than what you are telling us because consumer food safety is a very high priority item within our government.
Nobody can make an informed decision on an issue simply by hearing one side of the story.
~SH~
Go to the web site www.sebm.com and read the Paper that was published (May 2005 - Sensitive Detection of Prion Protein in Human Urine) in the Journal of Experimental Biology and Medicine. There you will see our test published and it will tell you exactly how it works. If the United States of America's National Prion Surveillance Center, located in Cleveland, Ohio, tested our test for two years, proved it works, used it on numerous CJD patients to diagnose their condition, put together a blind study in which it not only identified PrPsc in its scrapie isoform and also identified a patient with Alzheimer's Disease, I guess that must have some sort of credence to even one who thinks that walking barefoot in the desert, toe-to-toe with rattlesnakes while swinging a golf club high above his shoulders in a raging thunderstorm, is perfectly normal. But then, like I said earlier SH, you know it all so what the hell do I care?
It is ok for you to believe in the toothfairy, the USDA and the hobgoblins that live under your stairs, but when it comes to BSE and infectious prions, you have placed your trust with an agency that cares about as much about prion disease as I care about the sex life of a fruit fly! The only thing that that agency gives a hoot about is the manner in which they can control the market place that is linked to their own operating protocols which are inturn, driven by more than one Senator in Washington along with numerous lobby groups and special interst groups who represent who do you think???? The major packers who dictate to the government every day of the darn week, how many head of cattle they will slaughter and to whom they will be sold. And you trust those people, mister, you had best try to break out of that bubble you live in and get a look at what is really going on. One last comment for you SH. How many humans do you think that an infected animal can feed and how long will it take to see the first symptoms of vCJD in that human?
Let me tell you that some world famous prion researchers have come up with a formula that is based upon the average distribution of meat and meat by-products and have determined that a single animal infected with BSE has the potential to infect as many as 12,000 people. How is this possible you ask?? The meat is sent through the plant apparently healthy and with nothing to worry about since it displayed no symptoms and was not selected for random testing. The plant is then immediately contaminated and if it has processed say 4000 head that day, then the infection rate may be higher than the formula could ever predict. But if iwas say, one of the last of the animals processed, then perhaps only 50 or so animals might pick up contaminants. Do you see where we are going with this? The meat destined for hamburger is ground in a huge vat, along with tons of other meat. It is then packaged and shipped all over the USA. Do you see the potential for the spreading problem?? So please, do not make statements that are based strictly on your love affair with the USDA - look at the real picture, because SH, it is certainly a real picture!!! Do you think that the plant will sterilize the line after each animal goes through it - NO! Some plants only hose their equipment down with a water hose at the end of the day - how safe is that?? Think on it and remember SH, do not bring a knife to a gun fight!!