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Phosmet and the warble fly

Mark Purdey's interest in mad cow disease began in 1982
when the English government demanded that all cattle be
treated with large doses of an organophosphate insecticide
called Phosmet, applied along their spines in a systemic

formulation designed to go through the animal's skin and
make its system toxic to the warble fly.

Purdey was an organic farmer and didn't want to do it. He
took his case to court where he prevailed in 1984. The next
year, mad cow disease appeared in Britain and Purdey
immediately suspected it was connected to this warble fly
eradication program. He noticed that no cows born and
raised on organic farms and not treated with Phosmet, ever
developed mad cow disease, although the organic standards
at the time allowed feeding these animals some meat and
bone meal. A few of his cattle developed mad cow disease
but they were all animals he had purchased and brought in
from conventional farms.

Immaculate replication?

Purdey thought that the advocates of the “rogue prion
in the meat-and-bone-meal” theory hadn't done a very
good job of explaining how this rogue prion was created in
the first place. Purdey also found there were no
explanations as to how these rogue prions replicated
themselves once they had invaded their host. Therefore,
Purdey reasoned, the meat-and-bone-meal theory cannot
explain how the rogue prions could eventually gain the
force of numbers to turn one's brain into a sponge.

This “rogue” prion is not a virus, it is not a
bacteria, it is not a fungus, it is not a tiny parasitic
animalcule. It is not a living organism of any sort. It is
a protein molecule. In high school biology class we learn
that protein molecules do not replicate themselves
sexually; we learn that proteins are assembled upon demand
from resources found in our bodies and manufactured
according to codes and templates for their structure
contained in our DNA.

Thus far I have not heard any of the advocates of the
popular theory explain this unique self-multiplying
property of this particular prion protein molecule. To my
knowledge, no other protein molecule in the universe has
ever demonstrated such behavior.

Full article:

"Mad Cow disease: Is it really Manganese Madness?"
hobie -- Friday, 22-Nov-2019 20:10:08

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