>>I have to admit, however, that I'm pretty concerned that Mark Pudey's >>thesis has not raised one question or even a comment on BD Now! >> >>Talk about dissing someone's life work!!
No dissing at all! maybe just acceptance that his theory makes a lot more sense than the official one. Congratulations to Mark, not only for developing all this work but for demonstrating what one regular person can accomplish. Personally, I don't have the chemical or biological knowledge to question or challenge what Mark has put forward - the official theory doesn't explain why we see clusters of the disease, Mark does. It was news to me that Staten Island/Long Island has "the highest incidence cluster of CJD in the USA". How many cases constitute a cluster? (I figured that either CJD/mad cow was not a problem in North America OR there was indeed a cover-up, more likely to favour the latter.) Mark's ideas appear to have developed a lot in the past two years. I first heard about them, either here at BDNow or through Acres, as a connection between the warble fly insecticide and Mad Cow. He is presenting a much more comprehensive picture of the various components at play in the documents just posted on BDNow. Will we see an expansion of TSEs into other mammals? Specifically, I'm thinking dogs & cats, eating commercial food made up partly of rendered dogs & cats (and what other unnaturals, imbalances) and subjected to flea insecticides, one of which is applied along the spine. Hope this isn't a dumb question due to my inadequate grasp of the science involved, but why wouldn't other animals be affected by the same environmental/geographic/ insecticide factors? The saddest thing is the lack of funding, I don't understand this. Nobody is accepting this research?? We're not talking UFOs here. It perhaps demonstrates the extent to which universities, foundations, NGOs, environmental groups have been bought off by corporate money. Even so ... What level of funding is needed for some of this work? Thousands, tens or hundreds of thousands? Nancy Geffken -- __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
