‘Bioterrorism ’ Growing Concern In Public Perception
(ContiniMd from Pag* A 37)
Avian influenza, highly
pathogenic and costing millions
of dollars in eradication efforts
and lost birds in the early ’Bos
here, is undergoing a serious
outbreak now in Italy. Newcas
tle disease is causing the broiler
industry to literally close in Aus
tralia.
The “Superbowl,” said
Brown, of outbreaks was the
Taiwanese outbreak of foot of
mouth disease brought in with
Chinese pigs, killing eight mil
lion hogs and costing $25 billion.
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About a half million metric tons
of pig carcasses had to be dis
posed of, creating environmen
tal issues.
Producers need to concern
themselves about the global
problems associated with dis
eases. The interrelationship we
have now with global market
places puts new emphasis on
putting bioterrorism into per
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fects of Pfiesteria piscicida con
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but humans who come in con
tact with it experience skin
ulcers and “cognitive deficits”
or short-term memory loss that
could last months.
And now, with traditional
small family farm agriculture
being replaced by large-scale
agribusiness enterprises, noted
Brown, biological terrorism, if it
occurs, can affect many indus
tries in a big way.
Russia, where the “ruble has
turned to rubble,” Brown noted,
once was home to 15,000 scien
tists alone skilled in some form
of biological warfare. They’ve
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since left their country, simply
to take up home in other coun
tries that can pay them.
Here in the U.S., the USDA is
doing all it can to prevent the
terrorism. “But they need more
funding,” she said. “People in
the USDA are trying hard, but
the general public has a poorer
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Bill Lament
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I would like to thank Tim
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pub2o36.htm.
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to humans are another concern
in which the parameters have
yet to be mapped out.
There are also several organic
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website, including http://www.-
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Another site with info mixed
in is Mary Peets Sustainable Veg
Production in the South, http:-//
www.cals.ncsu.edu/sustainable/
peet/.
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