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grasshopper,

 

A little attempt at a poem...

 

mad cow and luekemia in meat and dairy make people go loco

as will aluminum in pasteries and cakes topped with coco

nitrates in packaged meats wrapped up to look like a poko

hepatitis and ddt in veggies grown in Mexico

Technical jobs sent over seas to some hose-o

employers hiring extra help at minimum wage and work employees under 40 hours a

week

maybe somebody could make a poem about dubya busho bozo

or with

with words ending in mad cow/ prions, luekemia, aluminum, nitrates, hepatitis,

and ddt or maybe greedy bozo, mexico, and NAFTA takes tax dollars away from

Iraqo

can't they see that???

It's no joko!!!

 

 

 

 

grasshopper <k_t723 wrote:

---I'm not familiar with the luekemia virus in meat but in the

cattlemans trade publications the Co. that does the testing for

bovine luekemia virus states that a full 90% of the North American

cattle herd is infected with bovine luekemia which to the best I can

tell will transmit thru pasturized milk supposedly

karl

>

>

> Widespread Infection with Leukemia Virus from Meat and Milk

>

> One little Holstein dairy cow from a Yakima, Washington farm

> introduced mad cow into America's food supply and changed the

world

> forever. Can you imagine the response when consumers discover 9

out

> of 10 of the herds in the US (89%) are infected with leukemia

virus?

> 1 This means millions of cows presently have live, infectious,

> leukemia viruses - bovine leukemia virus - living inside them.

These

> viruses are known to cause cancers of the immune system, called

> leukemias and lymphomas, in these cows. More startling will be

the

> reaction when they learn that consuming tainted beef has already

> infected as many as 74% of people living in the US.1

>

> Hopefully, this will be a wake-up call that turns people from

> sausages to sweet potatoes and porterhouse to potatoes. A

revolution

> is long overdue, especially since scientists have known about this

> health hazard for more than 35 years. Yet, you have heard little

or

> nothing about leukemia viruses infecting your food supply because

of

> the spin placed on this information by the cattle industry and the

> United States Department of Agriculture. They have taken the

> position: " until proven guilty beyond any doubt, eating live

leukemia

> viruses is perfectly safe. " Crude testing methods available

during

> the past two decades have failed to find evidence of widespread

> infection in humans from this cancer-causing virus.

>

> Now however, that excuse for keeping the public in the dark is

gone

> forever. Using state-of-the-art detection methods, in December of

> 2003 researchers from the University of California, Berkeley

> published their findings that three-fourths (74%) of people from

> their community - a study population of 257 humans - have been

> infected with bovine leukemia viruses. This conclusion was based

on

> the discovery of antibodies against this infectious agent in the

> people's blood.1 The investigators hedged on the relevance of

their

> conclusions by taking the position that this common presence of

> antibody could have been from dead, thoroughly cooked, viruses, as

> well as live, highly infectious ones. Anyone who remembers eating

> burgers or steaks " pink on the inside " knows exposure to live

viruses

> is universal. The virus resides in white blood cells (blood

> lymphocytes) where circulating antibodies are unable to neutralize

> it. Therefore, once an animal is infected with the virus, it is

> infected for life. (This is the case with humans, too.)

>

> Disregard for the importance of this widespread problem is not

> universal. Many European countries have conducted programs to

> eliminate infected herds. For example, in 1996, after thirty years

of

> effort, Finland completely eradicated the infection from its

> cattle.2 Obviously, the Finns take eating live leukemia viruses

> seriously. However, in other countries, where the beef and dairy

> industries make up a large part of the economy, there has been no

> effort to clean up this cesspool of infection; for example 84% of

> herds in Argentina and 70% in Canada are found to harbor the

bovine

> leukemia virus.3-5

>

> The spread of infection in cattle arises from accepted practices

in

> the cattle industry, such as feeding blood from slaughtered cows

as a

> formula and feeding pooled colostrum (early milk) to calves - and

the

> use of syringes, tattooing, and de-horning instruments on multiple

> animals without proper sterilization between uses.6 BLV is also

> passed directly from mother to calf through her milk. Most

infected

> cattle do not live long enough to develop actual disease - they

> remain " healthy " and therefore, are not separated from the herd.

> Approximately 1% to 5% of infected cattle do develop leukemia or

> lymphoma - many of these obviously diseased animals still become

part

> of our food supply. This virus is easily spread from cow's milk

to

> other species of animals, and once infected they can become ill

with

> leukemia. For example, in 1974 it was reported that when 6 infant

> chimpanzees were fed infected cow's milk 2 died of leukemia within

a

> year.7 So what more evidence could there be that these well-known

> animal infections are a threat to you and your family (who, by the

> way, are also animals)?

>

> In the laboratory this virus can infect the cells of many species

of

> animals, including humans.8 The bovine leukemia virus has been

> classified in the same group as the Human T-cell

> Leukemia/Lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1), which is known to

cause

> leukemia and lymphomas in humans (Adult T-cell

leukemia/lymphoma).9

> Nationwide and worldwide, leukemia is more common in higher dairy-

> and beef consuming populations.10,11 An increased incidence of

> leukemia has been found among dairy farmers in multiple studies.12-

> 15 A recent study of Canadian workers found that those

individuals

> working in occupations associated with cattle have approximately

> twice the risk of developing leukemia and lymphoma.16

>

> In addition to infecting white blood cells, these viruses also

attack

> other cells in the body, such as cells of the breast and the lymph

> nodes. Leukemia viruses infect the cells of a cow's mammary gland

> (udder).17 One recent worrisome study found the virus in the

breast

> tissues of 10 of 23 human breast cancer patients.18,19 Beef and

dairy

> product consumption in various populations has been found to

> correlate directly with an increasing incidence of another cancer

of

> the immune system called lymphoma.20-24

>

> Meat from a thousand beef cattle often makes up a single hamburger

> patty, because many body parts from many different cows are

processed

> at a single meat packer. Most milk, cheese, and other dairy

products

> are infected with these viruses, since the milk from many dairy

farms

> is mixed in large vats at the dairy factory before processing and

> packaging. Pasteurization of milk kills many types of

> microorganisms, but it is not foolproof. There is also concern

that

> pasteurization may break the viruses into fragments that may

become

> even more dangerous.25

>

> If you live in the United States, Canada, Argentina or any other

> country whose government is indifferent to this problem, you can

be

> pretty sure you will be consuming beef with live whole viruses,

and

> dairy products containing whole viruses or fragments. Avoiding

meat

> and dairy products is the most effective means to prevent future

> infection. You are maybe thinking that the smart move is to

switch

> to chicken and other poultry. Unfortunately, they are also

infected

> with cancer causing viruses.26 Your only safe choice is a pure

> vegetarian diet.

>

> Each year about 30,000 new cases of leukemia and 70,000 new cases

of

> lymphoma occur for " unknown reasons " in the USA. I find it hard

to

> believe that none of these are due to infection with bovine

leukemia

> viruses. Viruses causing leukemia should not surprise people -

after

> all, you take your cat to the veterinarian for feline leukemia

virus

> vaccinations in order to prevent leukemia in your cat. As always,

> the burden of proof of safety of a product lies with those selling

> the food to you and your family. It has not been proved safe to

eat

> leukemia viruses - and the evidence is even more damning now that

we

> know these viruses infect the vast majority of people who eat meat

> and milk products.

>

> Don't despair. If you live in a country where people follow the

> Western diet, your risk of developing leukemia or lymphoma each

year

> is only one in 3000. Plus, these are primarily diseases of

children

> and the elderly, suggesting the strength of our immune system

largely

> determines whether or not we will develop this kind of cancer.

Our

> diet is the major controllable asset we have for strengthening

this

> defense system. Even if you are infected with bovine leukemia

> viruses already, a change to a plant food based diet, like the

> McDougall diet, will still reduce your risk of developing

leukemia.

> 27 Preventing infections in the first place is the most sensible

> action parents can take with their children by never feeding these

> tainted foods - meats and dairy products - to their children.

> Clearly, there is sufficient evidence to take action; furthermore,

> there are no negative nutritional consequences from removing these

> hazardous foods from your diet.

>

> References:

>

> 1) Buehring GC, Philpott SM, Choi KY. Humans have antibodies

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>

> 2) Nuotio L, Rusanen H, Sihvonen L, Neuvonen E. Eradication of

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>

> 3) Sargeant JM. Associations between farm management practices,

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>

> 4) VanLeeuwen JA,. Seroprevalence of infection with

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