Hi Marshall, On Mon, 01 Oct 2001 17:57:20 -0400, Marshall Dudley <[email protected]> wrote:
>This is not correct. Nothing is toxic to anthrax spores but extremely high >temperatures, boiling in lye or chlorox or other highly reactive and toxic >chemicals. Perhaps you missed this (from: http://www.umich.edu/~urecord/9899/Sep30_98/22.htm ): ************************************ New anti-microbial agent destroys anthrax, kills flu virus By Sally Pobojewski Health System Public Relations BCTP looks like skim milk. Laboratory rats gain weight when they eat it. Spray it on your lawn and the grass will thrive. But according to tests conducted by U-M scientists, this seemingly benign material could be a potent weapon against anthrax--one of the deadliest bacteria on Earth. It also has been found to be a quick and efficient killer of influenza A virus in cell cultures and in the nasal passages of laboratory mice. BCTP destroys anthrax, but doesn't hurt animals or the environment In a presentation at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) on Sept. 26, Medical School research associate Michael Hayes presented experimental evidence of BCTP's ability to destroy anthrax spores both in a culture dish and in mice exposed to anthrax through a skin incision. James R. Baker Jr., professor of internal medicine and director of the Center for Biologic Nanotechnology, directed the research study. BCTP was developed by D. Craig Wright, chief research scientist at Novavax Inc.--a bio-pharmaceutical company in Columbia, Md.--and president of Novavax Biologics Division. The material is made of water, soybean oil, Triton X 100 detergent and the solvent tri-n-butyl phosphate. "One of the most remarkable characteristics of this material is its ability to rapidly destroy a wide variety of dangerous bacteria and viruses, while remaining non-toxic to people, animals or the environment," Baker says. BCTP's effectiveness against anthrax spores is especially significant because they are so difficult to kill. "Spores are like freeze-dried bacteria," Baker explains. "Their tough outer coat is resistant to disinfectants, freezing, drought, virtually anything we can throw at them. Spores can survive in the environment for many years and still generate live bacteria when given the right combination of water, nutrients and temperature." ************************************ -- Dean -- from (almost) Des Moines -- KB0ZDF -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
