Brad,  Indeed this may be a problem.   Consider that I got the information from your post and Darryl's reply.   Have you hands started shaking lately?     Are you leaving the last letters off words as you type?    Hows the memory?     REH
 

Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 5:08 PM
Subject: [Futurework] organic?
 
 
Dear Brad.
 
There appears to be a great discrepancy as to the understanding of "organic recycling"; or, perhaps "organic". (snip)
 
Brad said:
> more than 120 people died through infected meat.
 
As the article points out, the main source of infection is from eating dishes made from the brain and/or spinal cord matter.
 
Brad said:
Feeding meat and bone meal to cattle as a
> protein and calcium supplement --
> which was then one common way mad cow disease was
> spread -- was hardly high tech
 
This is, in fact, a fairly recent phenomena that progressed from the slaughter-house need for more profits; ("Why are we not selling every bit of the animal that we slaughter?"). Most of this still goes into pet foods as do the animals that are deemed "unfit for human consumption".
        Your pet may now be the source of new infections.
 
Brad said:
If, for example,
> genetically modified soybeans had
> been used in cattle feed instead of
> cattle remains, people would not have died."
I have observed the "wondrous" results first hand of genetically modified field corn in reducing the incidence of European corn borer and corn earworm attack. This, in turn, reduces the incidence of toxic moulds in the corn which is used as cattle feed. This was accomplished by the use of Bt genes being placed in the corn genes. This has also been done for sweet corn. Seems like a great idea. However, this "adapted pesticide" is expressed throughout the entire plant. If it is perfectly safe to eat this substance in the "novel food", why is it illegal (in Canada) to use Bt as a spray on unadulterated sweet corn to reduce the incidence of pest damage? When sprayed on the plant, it does not enter the food chain as it is destroyed by U.V. radiation within 3 to 5 days and if it falls on "healthy" soil, it is destroyed within 2 weeks. I never had a straight answer from the Pest Management Regulatory Authority when I asked the question.  (snip)
 

Things must be looking up.   I remembered this post.   Well anyway,   you can let you (r) cat go outside or you can use rubber gloves when you do your meditations in the kitty litter http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/litterbox.html and be sure to wash before you eat dinner. 
 
REH



 
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad McCormick, Ed.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "William B Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Futurework] the litterbox scenario

>
> OK, folks, what't the threat hiding in the kitties' litter box?
>
> I clean the box for 2 Maine Coon cats:
>
>     
http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/litterbox.html
>
> What am I doing to myself and don't know it?
>
> --
>
> I also have a political satire about George W bUSH AND
> the vWhite House cat litter box:
>
>     
http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/JustSoStories.html#Bush
>
> \brad mccormick

Reply via email to