Subject: Re: slow viruses and organic soil amendments
From: Tim McDermott <mcdermott@draper.com>
Organization: CSDL-DC
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 18:01:57 -0500
Message-ID: <MOD$970930.8015@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
References: <MOD$970924.26118@rec.gardens.ecosystems>


There was a story in the news in the last 6 months about a man in the
Midwest US who got JK Disease (the human form of mad cow, discovered in
New Guinea by two(?) Dutch folks whose names I can't even begin to spell)
from bone meal. The prion is increadibly hard to destroy, so almost any
use of animal products carries some risk.

Tonymsrad wrote:

> When one buys blood, bone meal, etc., is there any risk of slow virus
> transmission? Are these things heat treated?