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Re: Sad news - helminth hormesis
Hi Bill:
The really sad news is the link you provided [which works if one copies it into a
new file to make it complete for pasting] leads to an abstract that gives no
details and if you want to download the pdf file it costs the reader $30.00 !!
Ouch
Best,
Stu Farber
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3/4/03 9:00:06 AM, epirad@mchsi.com wrote:
>Dr. Cohen,
>
>There are a growing group of scientists that believe that irradiation of meat
>may actually reduce immune function.
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>For example, see:
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>The possible link between de-worming and the emergence of immunological
>disease,Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, Volume 139, Issue 6,
>Pages 334-338 (June 2002)Joel V. Weinstock, Robert W. Summers, David E.
>Elliott, Khurram Qadir, Joseph F. Urban, Jr and Robin Thompson
>
>If the link below is not active or is partially hyperlinked, copy the entire
>link and paste the URL into the Address/Location box on your browser.
>
>http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WJW-466TC5H-
>2&_coverDate=06%2F30%
>2F2002&_alid=77786176&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_qd=1&_cdi=6889&_sort=d&view=c
>&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=f9f73a33da1f93613179f
>2944006e37d
>
>If the link below is not active or is partially hyperlinked, copy the entire
>link and paste the URL into the Address/Location box on your browser.
>
>Regards, Bill Field
>University of Iowa
>bill-field@iowa.edu
>
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>> The largest supermarket chain in the Pittsburgh area, Giant Eagle,
>> did a trial run on irradiated ground beef. They even had a very low fat
>> version, 4% fat. I really enjoyed it, especially because I like my
>> hamburgers rare and worry about whether the cooking is effective in
>> killing harmful microorganisms. The taste was excellent
>> After a few weeks, they abandoned the experiment as unsuccessful.
>> It just didn't sell. They said they had to throw out most of their stock.
>> A couple of questions in my mind: Why doesn't irradiated beef last
>> a lot longer than a few weeks? Why did they keep it refrigerated all the
>> time -- doesn't irradiation make refrigeration unnecessary?
>>
>> Bernard L. Cohen
>> Physics Dept.
>> University of Pittsburgh
>> Pittsburgh, PA 15260
>> Tel: (412)624-9245
>> Fax: (412)624-9163
>> e-mail: blc@pitt.edu
>>
>>
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