| PRIONS Scientists create prion with bacteria by: Generating a Prion with Bacterially Expressed Recombinant Prion Protein www.sludgevictims/scientists-create-prion.html Alzheimer's is caused by prions Alzheimer's and CJD is same prion disease PRIONS IN COMPOSTING Postings of Helane Shields to Composting Council discussion group in 2006 on issue of infectious human and animal prions in both Class A and Class B sewage sludge biosolids, with particular regard to the fact that EPA pathogen reduction measures under Part 503 do NOT inactivate prions . . . . . Helane Shields Email to US EPA and WEF - human and animal prions in Class A sewage sludge biosolids compost which is promoted for home use as pathogen free “PRIONS” ARE PATHOGENS -- The Prion Diseases Prions in intestines and feces "Human prions in public sewers, autopsies, etc." "Human prions in public sewers, embalmers, funeral directors, etc. " 'SCIENTISTS FIND PRIONS SURVIVE IN SLUDGE "BIOSOLIDS" . . . and PRION INFECTIVITY AMPLIFIED BY SOIL" Persistence of Pathogenic Prion Protein during Simulated Wastewater Treatment Processes Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs, prion diseases) are a class of fatal neurodegenerative diseases affecting a variety of mammalian species including humans. A misfolded form of the prion protein (PrPTSE) is the major, if not sole, component of the infectious agent. Prions are highly resistant to degradation and to many disinfection procedures suggesting that, if prions enter wastewater treatment systems through sewers and/or septic systems (e.g., from slaughterhouses, necropsy laboratories, rural meat processors, private game dressing) or through leachate from landfills that have received TSE-contaminated material, prions could survive conventional wastewater treatment. |