Subject: Re: Taiwan reports suspected case of mad-cow disease from placenta
Date: August 30, 2007 at 6:37 pm PST
CDC downplays risk of CJD from placenta injections
MEDIA SPECULATION: Department of Health experts on Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
believe it is unlikely that a woman in Tainan has the disease
STAFF WRITER, WITH CNA
Friday, Aug 31, 2007, Page 2
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) officials said yesterday that it is
"exceedingly unlikely" that a Taiwanese woman contracted Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease (CJD) -- the human form of mad cow disease -- after injecting
herself with placenta extract.
CDC Deputy Director Chou Chih-hao (???) made the remarks in response to
story in the Chinese-language United Daily News yesterday which reported
that a woman who developed classic symptoms of CJD over the past 10 months
and is now in a vegetative state could be suffering from a new variant of
CJD (nv-CJD) as she had received placenta injections for a long time before
checking into the National Cheng Kung University Hospital in Tainan for
treatment.
Chou said yesterday that an evaluation done in March by the Department of
Health's (DOH) advisory committee on CJD found it unlikely that the woman
was suffering from the degenerative brain disease.
CDC officials preliminarily excluded the possibility that the patient is an
nv CJD patient on the grounds that placenta injections are banned in this
country and that there is nothing in the literature to indicate that any CJD
cases have been caused by placenta injections.
Chou said the CDC decided to call in its specialists to review the case on
Sept. 8 because it had received limited information about the patient's
medical history so far and is awaiting more details from the hospital.
The causes of classic CJD infection are unknown and there is no cure to it.
It is very rare, striking about one person per million every year worldwide.
Most of the cases have been "sporadic," meaning they have no known cause. A
few have been linked to organ transplants from infected people, or to
genetics.
Many victims who died from classic CJD did not contract it from contaminated
meat. Classic CJD strikes people 50 or older, progresses rapidly and has
only physical symptoms.
To date, 175 classic CJD cases have been reported in Taiwan, with about a
dozen cases being reported each year, Chou said. He urged people to remain
calm.
"Of course we don't want people to be taking placenta extracts. It is
illegal," Chou said. "Nevertheless, some people have done so and we also
don't want those people to be unduly worried about a risk that isn't there."
New variant CJD is a human disease of the central nervous system that was
first diagnosed in the UK in 1995. Scientists have tentatively linked the
disease to eating meat products from cattle infected with bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE) or mad cow disease.
Except for a few cases in other European nations with BSE, nv-CJD has been
found almost exclusively in the UK. It strikes younger people, often begins
with psychiatric symptoms and progresses slowly.
Both BSE and nv-CJD eventually destroy their hosts' motor skills and
coordination, and both show a characteristic spongelike appearance in the
victims' brains when autopsied. Both are fatal.
Additional reporting by Angelica Oung
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/08/31/2003376558
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Subject: [CJDVoice] Taiwan reports suspected case of mad-cow disease from
placenta
> Subject: Taiwan reports suspected case of mad-cow disease from placenta
> Date: August 30, 2007 at 7:10 am PST
>
> Health News
> Taiwan reports suspected case of mad-cow disease from placenta
>
> Aug 30, 2007, 10:44 GMT
>
>
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>
>
> © 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur
>
>
>
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/health/news/article_1349646.php/Taiwan_reports_suspected_case_of_mad-cow_disease_from_placenta
>
>
> From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr." <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: CHINA TO START IMPORTING COSMETICS FROM COUNTRIES WITH BSE
>
>
> http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0704&L=sanet-mg&P=71
>
>
> From: "Terry S. Singeltary Sr." <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: FDA Proposes Barring Certain Cattle Material From Medical
> Products As BSE Safeguard
>
>
> http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0701&L=sanet-mg&P=5318
>
>
> TSE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING SEPTEMBER 18-19 2006 - Microbes
> ForumTransmission of the BSE agent to humans, leading to vCJD, is believed
> to occur via ... high-risk cattle material in food, dietary supplements
and
> cosmetics. ...
>
>
> http://www.microbes.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=377&view=getlastpost
>
>
> ***PLEASE NOTE, ALL URLS WITH LYMAN, CHANGE THE LYMAN TO MADCOW AND THE
URL
> SHOULD STILL WORK. ...TSS***
>
>
> Subject: FAT LIPS/SHINY HAIR/Creams (Cosmetics) PRETTY WOMEN $ MOVIE
> STARS $ MAD COW DISEASE ...
>
> Date: June 10, 2001 at 8:24 am PST
>
> Greetings ALL,
>
> was reading a 'smut' magazine about the 'babes'
> and came across this article about the different
> movie stars 'fat lips' (collagen injections).
> something in the article caught my eye. ONE
> was Collagen and the other was HASK PLACENTA
> No-Rinse Treatment. (if containing animal tissues,
> and then running down into the eye's, seems
> like a potential transmission route, if you
> consider kuru and the fact transmission of
> that TSE agent via topical applications {rubbing
> of organs etc on skin, cuts etc...TSS}).
>
> ""Attention, Goldie Hawn: You might want to forget
> about more collagen infections for that full-lipped
> look. Collagen for the procedure usually comes
> from cows -- as in "mad cow disease". So what's a
> girl to do? Some docs are using an acid found in
> roosters' combs instead of collagen. Others use
> collagen from 'ELITE' herds that don't mix with
> common bovines. And one scientist is awaiting
> approval for a human collagen from the foreskin
> of infant boys -- further proof that beauty is
> only skin deep""-- 'The National Enquirer' 5/6/01
>
> are these babes in far a 'rude' awakening. firstly,
> these so called 'ELITE' herds they speak of, are
> what they call, 'tissue donor herds', that are
> suppose to be fed 'only' certain products that
> _do not_ include ruminant feed of any sort.
> AND from the exact question i asked at the
> infamous '50 STATE EMERGENCY CONFERENCE CALL'
> of Jan, 9, 2001, sadly we find, there is
> absolutley, NO SUCH THING. It was all a joke.
> The 'partial' ruminant to ruminant feed ban
> of August 4, 1997, never was enforced, and most
> knew nothing about it, and/or chose to ignore
> it.
>
> 50 STATE BSE CONFERENCE CALL JAN. 9 2001
> http://vegancowboy.org/TSS-part1of8.htm
>
> U.S.A., G.B.R.
> http://vegancowboy.org/TSS-part2of8.htm
>
> T.S.S. Transcripts / Articles on BSE and CJD,
> parts 1 though 8
> http://vegancowboy.org/TSS-Shortcut-parts1to8.htm
>
> The Safety of Gelatin?
> http://www.vegsource.com/talk/madcow/messages/7295.html
>
> The Crumbling TSE Walls of the U.S.A.;
>
> http://www.vegsource.com/talk/madcow/messages/9163.html
>
> http://www.vegsource.com/talk/madcow/messages/9241.html
>
> http://www.vegsource.com/talk/madcow/messages/9214.html
>
> http://www.vegsource.com/talk/madcow/messages/9347.html
>
> http://www.vegsource.com/talk/madcow/messages/9294.html
>
> Hask Placenta® No-Rinse Hair Repair Treatment
>
> Nature's protein treatment. Excellent for hair that is
> abused by relaxing, tinting, bleaching and exposure
> to the sun.
>
> Price:
> US$4.95
> Package:
> 5 fl oz (150 ml)
> Item No.:
> P8225
> **discontinued** - replaced by Perm-Aid®
> No-Rinse Conditioning Treatment
>
> Placenta, the most powerful natural protein for the hair instantly
> restores life and
> luster to day brittle hair.
>
> Directions:
>
> Shake well. Apply after shampooing. Use pump and spray until hair is
> saturated.
> Massage thoroughly. Do not rinse. Wait 3 minutes: proceed as usual with
> setting or
> styling.
>
> Ingredients:
>
> Water, SD Alcohol 40, Placental Protein, Cetrimonium Bromide, Lactic Acid,
> Fragrance, Stearamide MEA, Polysorbate 80, Phenoxyethanol, Methylparaben,
> Butylparaben, Propylparaben, Stearyl Imidazoline, Cetearyl Alcohol,
> Dimethicone,
> FD&C Yellow #5.
>
>
> http://www.folica.com/shampoos/haskplacenta.htm
>
> Hask Perm-Aid® Revitalizing Treatment
>
>
> Special care for permed hair, also for chemically
> damaged and extremely abused hair.
>
> Price:
> US$3.95
> Package:
> 2.5 oz (70.94 grams)
> Item No.:
> P8216
> Availability:
> **discontinued**
> recommend Perm-Aid No Rinse Conditioning
> Treatment
>
> This product had been discontinued by the manufacturer, we recommend
> Perm-Aid® No Rinse Conditioning Treatment, which is more potent!
>
>
> http://www.folica.com/shampoos/haskpermaid_revtre.htm
>
> Part No : 1227
> Description : Hask Placenta Treat.Vial 24/unit
>
> This product is in stock, and will ships in one to two business day.
> If the order is received before 1:00 pm Pacific Time, usually ships on
> same business day.
>
> http://www.beautycentury.com/mall/stockIS.asp?sku=1227
>
> HASK PLACENTA products are leaders in the Deep Conditioner segment of
> Hair Care.
> Henna-n-Placenta Pacs are #13 in Unit Sales of ALL conditioners and #1
> of all DEEP conditioners in
> the Drug Class*. Hask Placenta Instant Hair Repair, with No-Rinse
> treatment, is a top-10 unit seller*.
> National Media Support drives the brand and Hasks strong professional
> heritage has consumer
> recognition.
>
> http://www.ecrm-epps.com/Expose/V4_7/Table_Profiles/Alleghany.html
>
> Use of Bovine offal in Cosmetics;
>
> http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/yb/1990/02/01004001.pdf
>
> http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/yb/1990/02/01007001.pdf
>
> http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/yb/1990/01/26018001.pdf
>
> http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/yb/1990/01/29001001.pdf
>
> http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/yb/1990/01/29015001.pdf
>
> http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/yb/1990/01/31014001.pdf
>
> ***
> (Third paragraph: The wording of this paragraph
> will raise NEW concerns which cannot be
> scientifically answered. We would ask that
> the third paragraph be OMITTED.)
>
> http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/yb/1991/06/00005001.pdf
>
> http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/yb/1991/07/25003001.pdf
>
> (there may still be some strange products
> administered by injection that are trying to
> _evade_ the Medicines Act by calling themselves
> cosmetics. If _any_ of those involve bovine
> ingredients, they need to _comply_ with the
> CSM guidelines)...
>
> http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/yb/1991/06/26003001.pdf
>
> http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/yb/1991/06/30001001.pdf
>
> http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/yb/1991/10/15002001.pdf
>
> http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/yb/1991/10/31009001.pdf
>
> BSE110/1 0180
>
> RUMINANT-DERIVED MATERIAL IN COSMETICS
>
> The Department of Health wishes to reinforce the advice given to the
> Cosmetics Industry in February 1990 (ref.)
>
> It is possible that some ruminant-derived
> materials are being incorporated into
> cosmetics or beauty treatments which are
> then marketed as 'natural
> products.
>
> The particular materials that should not
> under _ANY_ circumstances be used in the
> manufacturer of cosmetics or beauty treatments
> are:
>
> 1. bovine (cattle)-derived offals, or proteins
> derived from these offals. These offals are:
> brain, spinal cord, spleen, thymus, tonsils,
> intestines of Bovine offal (prohibition)
> regulations
>
> 2. ovine (sheep)-derived offals and ovine placenta.
>
> In view of the current uncertainty about the
> incidence of infection with spongiform
> encephalopathy agents it is probably advisable
> that these recommendations apply to the above
> ruminant-derived materials of ANY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN...
>
> 31 October 1991
>
> 91/10.31/9.1
>
> It also emerged from the 16- volume
> report of Lord Phillips, released on
> Thursday, that people who bought anti-aging
> cream may have exposed themselves to BSE
> unwittingly.
>
> The report describes their use as a potential
> pathway to infection because some creams may have
> included cattle brain placenta.
>
>
http://www.sesahs.nsw.gov.au/albionstcentre/infection_control/newsletter6.htm
>
> A CONSIDERATION OF THE POSSIBLE HAZARD OF GELATIN TO MAN IN RELATION TO
> THE TRANSMISSION OF BSE
>
> http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/sc/seac13/tab07.pdf
>
> TSS
>
> CONTACT LENS CARE PRODUCTS $ MAD COW DISEASE ???
> TSS 6/10/01 (1)
> http://www.vegsource.com/talk/madcow/messages/9462.html
>
> Re: re-FAT LIPS AND BABES AND MAD COW DISEASE !!! (THAT AINT THE HALF OF
> IT) TSS 6/12/01 (0)
>
> http://www.vegsource.com/talk/madcow/messages/9477.html
>
> TSS
>
>
> ######### https://listserv.kaliv.uni-karlsruhe.de/warc/bse-l.html
##########
>
>
> Subject:
> Re: FAT LIPS, BABES,and mad cow disease $ contact lenses made from
'catalase
> preparedfrom bovine liver'
> Date:
> Tue, 12 Jun 2001 11:32:15 -0700
> From:
> "Terry S. Singeltary Sr."
> Reply-To:
> Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
> To:
>
[email protected]
> References:
> 1
>
>
> ######## Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy #########
>
> Greetings List Members,
>
> Looking further into this, seems Pandora's Box
> just gets bigger and bigger...
>
> Intergen.Biomanufacturing.Corporation
>
> Catalase,.Lyophilized.(Liver)
>
> http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSG/bt00255e.html
>
> BOVINE PLASMA DIAGNOSTIC BASE™ (PDB)
>
> Intergen's Bovine Plasma Diagnostic Base™ (PDB) is an amber to light
> brown, clear, non-sterile 2X (14% protein) solution, which is supplied
> frozen. PDB is a cost-effective alternative to human serum or human
> defibrinated plasma for preparing standards, controls and calibrators
> for a variety of clinical diagnostic assays. PDB is available in large
> batch sized to ensure consistency in final formulations.
>
> FEATURES:
>
> Intergen's PDB is prepared from defibrinated bovine plasma and
> manufactured under GMP guidelines at an FDA registered facility. The raw
> material is obtained from USDA-inspected abattoirs in the United States,
> which is considered to be free from
> BSE. Intergen's bovine PDB affords high optical clarity, excellent
> filterability, and minimal background interference.
>
> APPLICATIONS:
>
> PDB is used in a variety of clinical assays in the preparation of
> standards, controls and calibrators. This diagnostic matrix has been
> accepted and used by major producers of diagnostic reagents for many
> years. PDB, supplied as a 2X protein concentrate, offers maximum
> flexibility to the end user for independent adjustment of analytes.
> Intergen may also produce custom formulations and analyte-adjusted
> material on customer request.
>
> http://www.intergenco.com/plasmabo.html
>
> > The raw material is obtained from
> > USDA-inspected abattoirs in the
> > United States, which is considered
> > to be free from BSE.
>
> or
>
> BSE Validation Study:
> The manufacturing processes for several of Intergen's Bovine Albumins
> and for Aprotinin have been shown to remove or inactivate a model
> spongiform encephalopathy agent spiked at high titre. The clearance was
> demonstrated in three separate manufacturing steps for each process,
> with overall reduction factors in excess of 16 log10.
>
> http://www.intergenco.com/body_cell_bse.html
>
> yea, right;
>
> PNAS -- Brown et al. 97 (7): 3418 scrapie agent live at 600*C
> http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/97/7/3418
>
> 'jimmany cricket'. can you believe that statement?
> don't get me wrong, i do realize that there are many products using
> bovine derived tissues in
> pharmaceuticals, blood products and vaccines
> that are needed, but what is NOT needed is
> the stupidity that comes with the greed $$$
>
> With that said, how does this particular company,
> from MANY out there, how do they control
> cross-contamination between products from
> TSEs ??? It seems the chance of cross-contamination with these
> different
> products, and the other different 'BLOOD'
> products they manufacture, would be _great_.
>
> i give you this data (below) as proof, they are so full of B.S.eee, you
> can smell it all they way in Texas.
>
> The famous anti-BSE walls the USDA/APHIS/FDA
> speak of???
>
> I SAY, THE WALLS WERE NEVER BUILT;
>
> http://www.vegsource.com/talk/lyman/messages/9163.html
>
> http://www.vegsource.com/talk/lyman/messages/9241.html
>
> http://www.vegsource.com/talk/lyman/messages/9214.html
>
> http://www.vegsource.com/talk/lyman/messages/9347.html
>
> http://www.vegsource.com/talk/lyman/messages/9294.html
>
> 50 STATE BSE CONFERENCE CALL JAN. 9 2001
> http://vegancowboy.org/TSS-part1of8.htm
>
> U.S.A., G.B.R.
> http://vegancowboy.org/TSS-part2of8.htm
>
> T.S.S. Transcripts / Articles on BSE and CJD, parts 1 though 8
>
> http://vegancowboy.org/TSS-Shortcut-parts1to8.htm
>
> Disgusted again in Bacliff,
> Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
>
> "Terry S. Singeltary Sr." wrote:
> >
> > ######## Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy #########
> >
> > Greetings List Members,
> >
> > Was working on a few things this morning,
> > and thought some may want to read it.
> > for those that may find interest, you
> > can go to url below.
> >
> > FAT LIPS/SHINY HAIR/Creams (Cosmetics) PRETTY WOMEN $ MOVIE STARS $ MAD
> > COW DISEASE ...
> > TSS 6/10/01 (0)
> >
> > http://www.vegsource.com/talk/lyman/messages/9461.html
> >
> > While researching about fatlips and movie stars,
> > i came across a document that stated that
> > some contact lenses care products were made from catalase prepared from
> > bovine liver, and i thought
> > this most important, as i have not heard much
> > about this. wonder if the U.S. distributes/manfactures contact lenses
> > care products made from these cattle tissues???
> >
> > BSE3/1 0008
> > Dr. ?? Raine MCA
> >
> > >From Dr. H Pickles RD1
> > Date: 8 July 1991
> >
> > Copy: Mr. Murray EHF
> > Mrs Turner MDD
> >
> > BOVINE MATERIALS: LENS CARE PRODUCTS
> >
> > As part of our exercise of looking at possible routes for BSE infection
> > into man we noted that catalase prepared from bovine liver is used in
> > some contact lens care products. Experimentally, the ocular route can be
> > effective in SE transmissions.
> > Some contact lens products are licensed and presumably this means the
> > sourcing will be adequately controlled. Is there a possibility that
> > unlicensed care products might use bovine catalase?
> >
> > Dr. Hilary Pickles
> > Room 1213
> > State House
> > EXT 23899/23879
> >
> > thank you,
> > kind regards,
> >
> > Terry S. Singeltary Sr., Bacliff, Texas USA
>
>