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What causes BSE, CJD & MS? Organic Farmer Mark Purdey on Organophosphates (2001)
What causes BSE, CJD & MS? Organic Farmer Mark Purdey on Organophosphates (2001)
Mark Purdey and Organophosphate (Film/Video, i-Contact, September 2001) Organic livestock farmer Mark Purdey was ordered in the 1980's, along with all cattle and dairy farmers in the UK, to treat his cows with an organophosphate pesticide 'Phosmet' manufactured by ICI. Organophosphates are derived from military nerve gas and a systemic treatment (the chemical enters the entire internal system of the cow) would undermine his organic principles so Mark refused to treat. "If Phosmet is proven to have caused BSE, the worldwide use of organophosphates (OPs) could be put into jeopardy, costing the chemical industry billions. The government know more than they're letting on. They've stuck to the scrapie theory to placate people and give the impression they've got it under control." Mark Purdey, Organic Dairy Farmer, Exmoor. "If the government are found liable for BSE - by enforcing organophosphate treatment - the payout could break the economy." Tom King (Purdey's MP) Whoever the monkeys have been at the top of the tree, the Party line has stayed the same. Mad Cow Disease came about by feeding scrapie infected meat and bone meal to cows. But one West Country farmer has a different theory. One that the authorities and the pesticide producers have gone to great to lengths to silence. Between the late 70's and 1982 British farmers were forced by law to treat their cows for warble fly with a pour on organophosphate called phosmet - organophosphates are derived from nerve gas <b>...</b>
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The BSE Prion and Variant CJD
The BSE Prion and Variant CJD
An overview of vCJD in humans; how it is caused, symptoms, treatment, and prevention. vCJD has very similar symptoms to sCJD, but can only be caused by the prion that causes BSE in cows. The bigest difference is that sCJD patients usually live longer after diagnosis.
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What is the link between animal prion diseases and human prion diseases?
What is the link between animal prion diseases and human prion diseases?
Michael Geschwind, MD PhD, of UCSF's Memory and Aging Center explores the prion connection between goats, sheep, cattle and humans.
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Part 1: Mad Cow Disease and Food Safety News Programme
Part 1: Mad Cow Disease and Food Safety News Programme
Click here ► www.foodsafetypolicy.com to find out more. See ► foodsafetypolicy.com BBC Documentary about Andy Black (from Portsmouth, England) who died after suffering from the human form of mad cow disease variant CJD. vCJd fact file Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a rare and fatal progressive degenerative brain disease. It is one of a group of diseases which affect humans and animals called Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSEs). TSEs are believed to be caused by the build up of an abnormal form of the naturally occurring 'prion' protein in the brain. CJD was originally described in its classical form in 1920. A new variant - called variant CJD (vCJD) - was first identified in 1996. Variant CJD is strongly linked to exposure to a TSE of cattle called Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), probably through food. Moving and harrowing story We started filming Christine Lord in September 2007, just a couple of months after her son Andrew was diagnosed with variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (vCJd). Andrew had been a fit and healthy radio producer, but the disease was already damaging his mind and body. He was unable to walk more than a few steps and struggled to speak above a whisper. Christine borrowed one of our cameras, so that she could film Andrew at home and record her thoughts. These video diaries provided a moving insight into the harrowing months that followed as Christine cared for her son. Christine's a freelance journalist, so she used her spare moments <b>...</b>
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The old Mr. Dusty gets overclocked for Folding@Home
The old Mr. Dusty gets overclocked for Folding@Home
My old servant gets a needed cleaning to prepare it for the overclock from 2083 to 2301 Mhz. All in the name of science to help out on the Folding@home project. Folding@home is a software that takes advantage of your computers unused resources to simulate protein folding and misfolding. These simulations help scientist find the cure for diseases like Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's and Cancer. The PlayStation 3 is out of the box installed with Folding@home which is now part of the Life with PlayStation application. To find out more please visit: folding.stanford.edu
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"Mad" Directed by Derek Johnson
"Mad" Directed by Derek Johnson
In December of 2003, the world heard about the first case of Mad Cow in the United States. Since then many Americans have been partially informed about Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy or BSE (Mad Cow Disease) and its human counterpart vCJD. This is not an anti-meat eating film. This film will document current scientific and political views surrounding the two brain wasting diseases. The stories covered in the film will be listed below. * This relatively new disease called Variant Creutzfeld Jakob Disease or vCJD (Human Mad Cow has acquired vast interest in the Media (a fear driven machine). This documentary is not meant to spread mass fear amongst the people, but will explore the consumer confidence and political psychosis surrounding these diseases. This film will develop a conversation between doctors, farmers, victims and other experts on the subject of BSE/CJD. The film will be a historical document about the problems, causes and possible solutions of Mad Cow from farm to fork. The audience will discover scientific facts and political reactions to the current events. There is much blind faith in the safety of the food we consume. As the world evolves there will be new diseases. How we choose to deal with them today will decide our fate and our childrens fate for generations. The intended goal of this film is to raise political, social and scientific awareness of BSE/CJD Which will hopefully instigate testing every cow used for consumption in the USA.
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Ministerial Statements on BSE and CJD: 1990 - 2000
Ministerial Statements on BSE and CJD: 1990 - 2000
Click here ► www.foodsafetypolicy.com to find out more. See ► Food Safety Policy.com Ministerial Statements on UK BSE and CJD 1990 - 2000 1) Agriculture Minister from 1990 2) Prime Minister from 1995 3) Health Minister from 1996 4) Agriculture Minister from 2000 Click below for definitions on mad cow disease www.foodsafetypolicy.com
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BSE and CJD in the UK explained
BSE and CJD in the UK explained
Click here www.foodsafetypolicy.com Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad-cow disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease in cattle that causes a spongy degeneration in the brain and spinal cord. BSE has a long incubation period, about 30 months to 8 years, usually affecting adult cattle at a peak age onset of four to five years, all breeds being equally susceptible. In the United Kingdom, the country worst affected, more than 180000 cattle have been infected and 4.4 million slaughtered during the eradication program. The disease may be most easily transmitted to human beings by eating food contaminated with the brain, spinal cord or digestive tract of infected carcasses. However, it should also be noted that the infectious agent, although most highly concentrated in nervous tissue, can be found in virtually all tissues throughout the body, including blood. In humans, it is known as new variant Creutzfeldt--Jakob disease (vCJD or nvCJD), and by October 2009, it had killed 166 people in the United Kingdom, and 44 elsewhere[5] Between 460000 and 482000 BSE-infected animals had entered the human food chain before controls on high-risk offal were introduced in 1989. A British inquiry into BSE concluded that the epizootic was caused by cattle, who are normally herbivores, being fed the remains of other cattle in the form of meat and bone meal (MBM), which caused the infectious agent to spread. There are studies indicating that the cause of BSE may be <b>...</b>
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BSE and CJD protest before May 2010 UK General Election
BSE and CJD protest before May 2010 UK General Election
Click here www.foodsafetypolicy.com to find out more.
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GM food: Society could learn from BSE and CJD
GM food: Society could learn from BSE and CJD
Click here ► www.foodsafetypolicy.com to find out more. The genetically modified foods controversy is a dispute over the relative advantages and disadvantages of genetically modified (GM) food crops and other uses of genetically-modified organisms in food production. The dispute involves biotechnology companies, governmental regulators, non-governmental organizations and scientists. The dispute is most intense in Japan and Europe, where public concern about GM food is higher than in other parts of the world such as the United States. In the United States GM crops are more widely grown and the introduction of these products has been less controversial. The key areas of political controversy related to genetically engineered food are food safety, the effect on natural ecosystems, gene flow into non GE crops and corporate control of the food supply. While it is not possible to make general statements on the safety of all GM foods, to date, no adverse health effects caused by products approved for sale have been documented, although two products failed initial safety testing and were discontinued, due to allergic reactions. Most feeding trials have observed no toxic effects and saw that GM foods were equivalent in nutrition to unmodified foods, although a few non-peer-reviewed reports speculate physiological changes to GM food. Although there is now broad scientific consensus that GE crops on the market are safe to eat, some scientists and advocacy groups such as Greenpeace <b>...</b>
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BSE 1990 New Variant CJD 2007
BSE 1990 New Variant CJD 2007
Click here ► www.foodsafetypolicy.com to find out more. See ► Food Safety Policy.com
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Human BSE and compensation for CJD families
Human BSE and compensation for CJD families
Click here ► www.foodsafetypolicy.com to find out more. See ► Food Safety Policy.com
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Human 'Mad Cow Disease' (CJD) News Report
Human 'Mad Cow Disease' (CJD) News Report
Click here ► www.foodsafetypolicy.com to find out more. See ► Food Safety Policy.com *** On 16th December 2007, at just 24 years of age, Andy Black died after suffering from the human form of mad cow's disease vCJD (variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease). Andy worked in the media producing/researching programmes for talkSPORT Radio, BBC, and ITV. During his terrible last days and at his request Christine Lord made it her mission to find out "Who killed my son?" and with the BBC, she produced a documentary exposing the key players at the centre of the BSE crisis whose actions and decisions led to his untimely and avoidable death. The Documentary is at www.youtube.com Christine Lord, as Andy's mum and a freelance journalist continues to research the scandal - and its links between school meals, (state and independent), baby food, vaccines and medicines. *** Creutzfeldt--Jakob disease or CJD is a degenerative neurological disorder (brain disease) that is incurable and invariably fatal. CJD is at times called a human form of mad cow disease, given that bovine spongiform encephalopathy is believed to be the cause of variant Creutzfeldt--Jakob disease in humans. CJD is the most common among the types of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy found in humans. In CJD, the brain tissue develops holes and takes on a sponge-like texture. This is due to a type of infectious protein called a prion. Prions are misfolded proteins which replicate by converting their properly folded <b>...</b>
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Part 4: Mad Cow Disease and Food Safety News Programme
Part 4: Mad Cow Disease and Food Safety News Programme
Click here ► foodsafetypolicy.com to find out more. See ► Food Safety Policy.com BBC Documentary about Andy Black (from Portsmouth, England) who died after suffering from the human form of mad cow disease vCJD.
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BSE - UK
BSE - UK
July 2005 The cost of the crisis over BSE, and its links to the human variant CJD were obvious to all in terms of cattle and livelihood. However, the question of the role that cost had to play before the crisis erupted is one that is much more contentious. Ron McCullagh illustrates both the devastating impact of the crisis, and the debates that still rage over the nature and treatment of the disease.
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Victim's mother demands action on UK BSE and CJD
Victim's mother demands action on UK BSE and CJD
Click here ► foodsafetypolicy.com to find out more. See ► Food Safety Policy.com
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Variant CJD and Hepatitis C Victims - 27th October 2000
Variant CJD and Hepatitis C Victims - 27th October 2000
Variant CJD and Hepatitis C Victims - 27th October 2000 On 26th October 2000, the official report on how the BSE scandal happened was released - now comes the battle over the level of compensation - it could range from £50000 to a quarter of a million. Lawyers and families of those who have died or are dying of the human form of BSE, vCJD, will meet Government officials on Wednesday 1st November 2000. Today the victims of another medical disaster - the thousands of Haemophiliacs who've contracted Hepatitis C, have renewed their demands for compensation.
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How, and when, people could get variant CJD?
How, and when, people could get variant CJD?
Click here www.foodsafetypolicy.com Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad-cow disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease in cattle that causes a spongy degeneration in the brain and spinal cord. BSE has a long incubation period, about 30 months to 8 years, usually affecting adult cattle at a peak age onset of four to five years, all breeds being equally susceptible. In the United Kingdom, the country worst affected, more than 180000 cattle have been infected and 4.4 million slaughtered during the eradication program. The disease may be most easily transmitted to human beings by eating food contaminated with the brain, spinal cord or digestive tract of infected carcasses. However, it should also be noted that the infectious agent, although most highly concentrated in nervous tissue, can be found in virtually all tissues throughout the body, including blood. In humans, it is known as new variant Creutzfeldt--Jakob disease (vCJD or nvCJD), and by October 2009, it had killed 166 people in the United Kingdom, and 44 elsewhere[5] Between 460000 and 482000 BSE-infected animals had entered the human food chain before controls on high-risk offal were introduced in 1989. A British inquiry into BSE concluded that the epizootic was caused by cattle, who are normally herbivores, being fed the remains of other cattle in the form of meat and bone meal (MBM), which caused the infectious agent to spread. There are studies indicating that the cause of BSE may be <b>...</b>
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Distributed Processing - We Can Help
Distributed Processing - We Can Help
Courtesy of Programmers Institute You can help cure Alzheimer's, Mad Cow (BSE), CJD, ALS, Huntington's, Parkinson's disease, and many Cancers and cancer-related syndromes. Your computer does not use 90% of it's processing power. You can help by donating a part of this precious wasted resource. Stanford University and Berkeley, both trustworthy researching institutions, are simply asking you to download a client that will capture your unused CPU time. You will not even notice the difference. Their programs also may include really cool screen savers, you can join teams, have fun, and feel good about helping to make a difference. www.ProgrammersInstitute.com See also http
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Fatal Familial Insomnia - Documentary
Fatal Familial Insomnia - Documentary
A very interesting documentary about Fatal Familial Insomnia, showing cases and relatives of victims dealing with the disease. ABC production. More about FFI, go here: en.wikipedia.org
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A Tribute to Andrew and Other Victims Killed by Variant CJD
A Tribute to Andrew and Other Victims Killed by Variant CJD
This video is dedicated to Andrew Black whose life was taken at the age of 24 by vCJD, variant of the Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, a neurodegenerative disease generated by a terrible race for profit without ethics, profit at all costs. Since the late 1970's many cattle have been fed with meals derived from carcasses of slaughtered animals with the purpose of accelerating the growth of bovine animals thus forcing them, herbivorous in nature, to become carnivorous and actually cannibals. The highest levels of toxicity for BSE in the food chain was 1990-1991.The highest risk came from MRM (mechanically recovered meat) which was up to ten times cheaper than meat destined for supermarket shelves and food outlets. MRM resembles a puree or white paste. It's made from vertebral column, ribs, and scraps of meat from the head such as cheeks and tongues. MRM was not only used extensively in pies, burgers and sausages, but also in many vegetarian dishes and chicken meals. These toxic meals were then supplied to some of the most vulnerable in society. They went into schools, hospitals and nursing homes and the elderly through the meals on wheels service. Prisoners were fed MRM. It was served-up to members of the Armed Forces, and to students in colleges across the country. This vile mix of animal parts, often cross-contaminated with brain material, was never meant to reach the wider consumer. Supermarkets, food outlets and shops would not risk their customers' disgust . Instead it was <b>...</b>
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Theory on the origins of BSE (2005): United Kingdom video
Theory on the origins of BSE (2005): United Kingdom video
Click here ► www.foodsafetypolicy.com to find out more. See ► Food Safety Policy.com New variant CJD may have come from human remains which were put into cattle feed. This theory has been criticised but it is some interesting research into the causes of BSE. *** CJD is the most common among the types of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy found in humans. In CJD, the brain tissue develops holes and takes on a sponge-like texture. This is due to a type of infectious protein called a prion. Prions are misfolded proteins which replicate by converting their properly folded counterparts. The first symptom of CJD is rapidly progressive dementia, leading to memory loss, personality changes and hallucinations. This is accompanied by physical problems such as speech impairment, jerky movements (myoclonus), balance and coordination dysfunction (ataxia), changes in gait, rigid posture, and seizures. The duration of the disease varies greatly, but sporadic (non-inherited) CJD can be fatal within months or even weeks. In some people, the symptoms can continue for years. In most patients, these symptoms are followed by involuntary movements and the appearance of an atypical diagnostic electroencephalogram tracing. Most victims die 6 months after initial symptoms appear, often of pneumonia due to impaired coughing reflexes. About 15% of patients survive 2 or more years. The symptoms of CJD are caused by the progressive death of the brain's nerve cells, which is associated with the <b>...</b>


