Mad Cow disease in Milk

[Speck Tater]

From Nature.com

http://www.nature.com/news/2005/051031/full/051031-7.html

The inflamed mammary glands of sheep have been found to contain protein particles that cause scrapie, a sickness similar to mad cow disease. This suggests that the suspect proteins, called prions, may also be present in the milk of infected animals.

If prions exist in the milk of cows infected with both an inflammatory illness and mad cow disease, formally known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), this raises concerns for human health. Consumption of prion-contaminated meat from cows with BSE is believed to cause the fatal variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in people; so might contaminated milk.

more at the link above.

[kenny blankenship]

1. Another reason I switched to organic milk, butter, cheese

[Deja Q]

2. Mad moo, killer bees, bird flu, terrorism, lose your job, FUCK THIS SHIT.

We are not immortal.

We all die at some point.

I've bought "Final Exit", as it's obvious I'm not going to get enough jobs to sustain myself once I lose my current one. So why live in pain? Murderers and rapists get a nice painless death in a chair, so why should we - the hard working and exterminated middle class - rot and hurt on the sidewalks, being humiliated by a bunch of dipshits who I pray get into the same situtation as the rest of us so THEY know what it's like... and it will happen to them too.

And the only miracle I'd expect is thermonuclear armageddon anyway.

[whatever4]

5. and that's why I don't even want to know if pasteurization kills it

just don't want to know, it hardly matters.

What's so damned amusing to me is that I believe it's bound to happen exactly as you say, "a bunch of dipshits who I pray get into the same situation as the rest of us so THEY know what it's like... and it will happen to them too" is a lot more likely to happen than not. These fools think they'll be okay. They just don't seem to have a clue how they'll feel when those around them aren't okay, or family they didn't think about, or friends from way back when, and on, and on. Most people supporting this "admin" simply don't realize they aren't any safer than anyone else, and they think they're mentally prepared for a time when millions of people die, in our nation, over circumstances like disease, lack of heat or food and shelter. But they aren't. I know I'm not.

editing wow I have bad spelling

[nashville_brook]

3. soy milk tastes better, anyway

[FighttheFuture]

4. Doesn't soy have a problem with Estrogen stimulating compounds?

Are these removed from Silk...?


I think Britian warned of soy infant formula causing potential thyroid malfunction in babies a few years back.

[philb]

6. Rice milk is likely the healthiest, safest

Thats what I use in cereal,etc.

I only use soy products that have been fermented-
like miso-tofu, etc.

Soy tends to have high nickel, other things that have adverse effects.