-Caveat Lector- >>>Now this is not just bland news. Given the strength of the antibiotic, given that there are diseases that are becoming less responsive to drugs of lesser strengths, any introduction of any antibiotic and using it improperly CAN (not necessarily "will") create conditions where diseases can resist treatments. The "comfort ladies" in the Philippines, Vietnam, Korea, and, now probably, Kosovaria and other recently established sites of female slaving, have been subject of various reports of having terminally untreatable social diseases -- venereal primarily but also tubercular and others. I am not a sawbones nor a druggist so perhaps some conjecture may be imparted above. But I ain't turning a bland eye! A<:>E<:>R <<<
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=scienceNews&storyID= 2176342 05 Feb 2003 20:30 GMT U.S. Seizes More Honey Tainted with Antibiotic WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 185,000 pounds of honey imports were seized in Texas because of contamination with a human antibiotic banned from U.S. food products, the Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday. The containers of honey seized from Hoyts Honey Farm Inc. in Baytown, Texas contained traces of chloramphenicol, an antibiotic drug used by physicians as a last resort to treat life-threatening infections. The drug is not widely used because it can cause a disease known as aplastic anemia, in which the body's bone marrow stops making enough healthy blood cells. Chloramphenicol is prohibited in all U.S. food and animal feed products by the FDA. The seized honey was stored in 266 drums, each containing 639 pounds, and five totes, each weighing 3,000 pounds, the FDA said. The FDA did not say how the honey was contaminated with the drug. The seizure was the third time during the past six months that U.S. officials have found similarly contaminated honey, the FDA said in a statement. Other shipments were seized last August in Louisiana and last month in Waxahachie, Texas. U.S. Customs began investigating honey imports last year after officials were tipped off that Chinese bulk honey was being illegally transshipped through Thailand to the United States. The stop in Thailand was intended to circumvent payment of anti-dumping duties on Chinese honey imports required by the U.S. Commerce Department, according to the government. Global honey prices have soared in recent months on a sharp decline in supplies. "The continued monitoring of food production and distribution at many levels has enabled FDA to detect this adulterated honey since the agency learned of the presence of chloramphenicol in imported honey," the FDA said. Forwarded for your information. The text and intent of the article have to stand on their own merits. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe simply because it has been handed down for many genera- tions. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumoured by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is written in Holy Scriptures. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of teachers, elders or wise men. Believe only after careful observation and analysis, when you find that it agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all. Then accept it and live up to it." The Buddha on Belief, from the Kalama Sut <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
