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Ill workers at an Indiana slaughterhouse where compressed air was used to remove pig brains have symptoms similar to those involved in an earlier outbreak in Minnesota, federal health officials said Wednesday. The employees who became ill worked on the killing floors' "head tables," where the animals' heads are processed, Centers for Disease Control spokeswoman Lola Russell said. Both plants shoot compressed air into the skulls until the pigs' brains come spilling out. "It may be associated with this particular technique of using high-pressure air to remove the pig's brain," Russell said. The Indiana workers' symptoms included changes in sensation and weakness in their limbs, Russell said. Those symptoms are similar to a mysterious cluster of neurological symptoms reported last month among 12 workers at a pork slaughterhouse in Austin, Minn. The number of sick workers in Indiana, details of their conditions, the name of the company and the company's location were not disclosed. Elizabeth Hart, a spokeswoman for the Indiana State Department of Health, said she could not comment until a meeting with a state epidemiologist set for Thursday morning. In the Minnesota case, health officials suspect the workers were exposed to something in the brain tissue that triggered the illness. Officials are continuing to investigate, but so far they haven't identified any viruses or bacteria that could be causing the disease. Five of the 12 workers afflicted have been diagnosed with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, or CIDP, a rare immune disorder that attacks the nerves and produces tingling, numbness and weakness in the arms and legs, sometimes causing lasting damage. Dr. Kenneth Gorson, a neurologist at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Boston, has said that victims can recover fairly quickly if the illness is caught early. However, at least one of the Minnesota workers was told she may never work again. In advanced cases, Gorson said treatment arrests the disease but doesn't reverse its effects. Minnesota state epidemiologist Ruth Lynfield said the discovery of the Indiana illness could help her investigation. "That may help us figure out why these workers are getting sick," she said. After the Minnesota slaughterhouse illness was reported, the CDC looked into slaughtering practices in 25 large pork processing plants in 13 states, and found only two other plants — one in Indiana, the other in Nebraska — that used compressed air to remove pigs' brains. Minnesota health officials said the pork plants in all three states have voluntarily stopped that practice. Pork brains are sometimes fried and eaten in sandwiches or with gravy in some areas. But the market is small, and the American Meat Institute, which represents many pork processors, does not track sales.
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All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view the palpable truth, that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately
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« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2008, 06:44:24 AM » |
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Do you ever sleep? 
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« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2008, 08:02:07 AM » |
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I'm a vegetarian because of the inhumane way some/most animals are slaughtered and for this reason too. I just don't trust they won't get to us through meat. But, when are they going for fruits and veggies.
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« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2008, 09:14:55 AM » |
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Do you ever sleep?  Does the enemy?
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All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view the palpable truth, that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately
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« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2008, 09:42:17 AM » |
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Seems to me the more accurate description of these "globalists" is actually the 'hideously and obscenely rich".
I don't believe the term 'globalist' adequately exposes these individuals for who they are, and that they've become rich via exploiting, destroying, conning, murdering and/or abusing hundreds and thousands of innocent individuals.
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« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2008, 09:47:35 AM » |
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Seems to me the more accurate description of these "globalists" is actually the 'hideously and obscenely rich".
I don't believe the term 'globalist' adequately exposes these individuals for who they are, and that they've become rich via exploiting, destroying, conning, murdering and/or abusing hundreds and thousands of innocent individuals.
suicidal psychopathic cowards?
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All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view the palpable truth, that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately
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« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2008, 10:17:13 AM » |
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I'm a vegetarian because of the inhumane way some/most animals are slaughtered and for this reason too. I just don't trust they won't get to us through meat. But, when are they going for fruits and veggies.
They already have--vegetables have a fraction of the nutrition and taste they had a few generations ago.
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« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2008, 10:23:41 AM » |
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All of this has me almost about ready to go vegan and listen to Jeff Rense's alternative health lifestyle (he's a very enthusiastic vegan). I don't really like beef that much when compared to pork or chicken (drools). I've already had to part with the venison each hunting season because NY's deer population is infected with mad cow.
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“The Bible tells us to be like God, and then on page after page it describes God as a mass murderer. This may be the single most important key to the political behavior of Western Civilization.” -Robert Anton Wilson FearMonger 888: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWRu80jgKzk
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« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2008, 10:24:44 AM » |
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I'm a vegetarian because of the inhumane way some/most animals are slaughtered and for this reason too. I just don't trust they won't get to us through meat. But, when are they going for fruits and veggies.
Me too, ever since I was 9 years old.
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« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2008, 11:09:37 AM » |
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Face it folks, they are spraying everything including the air (chemtrails). We are eating less meat. We feel better! They are attacking us from all angles. They are also irradiating the food. If it's not Mad Cow it will be the H5N1 Bird Flu. But it's all for our good because the neocons love us.
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« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2008, 11:16:14 AM » |
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Face it folks, they are spraying everything including the air (chemtrails). We are eating less meat. We feel better! They are attacking us from all angles. They are also irradiating the food. If it's not Mad Cow it will be the H5N1 Bird Flu. But it's all for our good because the neocons love us.
Yep, irradiated food is especially nutritous. It can be poisonous without smelling bad because the orgamisms which produce the bad smell by which we recognize food which has gone bad, which themselves are not really harmful but merely indicate the presence of the dangerous organisms, grow back slowly while the dangerous organisms grow back quickly. In other words, irradiated meat can be spoiled, but won't smell or taste like it is.
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« Reply #11 on: February 19, 2008, 11:06:18 AM » |
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I'm completely off meat because of what Alex has shown me. I got sick for a good week, and don't know if it was just stomach and intestinal bugs, or my body clearing out crud years of taking in poisons that did it, but I tell you, I'm not missing it. Well, maybe turkey. I worry about veggies I buy now, but all I can do is wash them. Fruit too. Peanuts in the shell might still be safe. My pants sure don't fit anymore now which I like. What woman doesn't want to lose weight?  I wonder about eggs. I let myself have one yesterday.
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« Reply #12 on: February 19, 2008, 10:46:44 PM » |
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Me too, ever since I was 9 years old.
Me three! I cant stand the thought of animals being tortured for consumption. There is so much more to choose from too being a Vegetarian. Its not just veggies and soy milk. There is soo much to eat. Instead of the same ol' chicken or steak. 
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« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2008, 02:18:33 PM » |
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Sane - it's true, you never sleep. Keep up the good work. I know when I look through the forum, I am eager to read your informative input.
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« Reply #14 on: March 27, 2008, 02:26:31 PM » |
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I don't get it, if everything is contaminated, than how the hell is Jeff Rense getting a 'clean' supply 
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