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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.  

>

>For example, see:

>

>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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