X-Message-Number: 24014 Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 01:22:54 -0700 From: James Swayze <> Subject: Mad Cow Disease In New Jersey? Mad Cow Disease In New Jersey? NEW YORK, April 28, 2004 (CBS) New Jersey's Janet Skarbek may very well be the next Erin Brockovich. This mother and author from claims to have uncovered a cluster of people who died from mad cow disease in Cherry Hill. The state says she's wrong. But one thing is certain - Janet Skarbek is stirring up quite a bit of controversy, reports *The Early Show correspondent Melinda Murphy*..... ....Some people may call her an alarmist, but Skarbek says, I don't feel as if I'm an alarmist. The facts - I've got people dying around me. I've had people I know die from CJD. .... .....Skarbek believes CJD killed her 29-year-old friend, Carrie Mahan, in February of 2000, when an autopsy revealed a disease that ate holes in her brain. Authorities are studying Mahan's case because of questions about her diagnosis. Her death certificate said CJD, and Skarbek was told it occurs in approximately one in every million people...... ....Skarbek s mother, Pat Hammond, says, I mean, it was just a coincidence, only two, right? But then she took the ball and she read all about what CJD was. That's when Skarbek found yet another local man, radio announcer John Weber, a season-pass holder at the track who had also died from CJD. And it didn't stop there. Skarbek says, Right now, I'm up to 12 confirmed cases of CJD, where it says CJD on their death certificates and where they all ate at the racetrack. ...... [cont.] http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/04/28/earlyshow/contributors/melindamurphy/main614154.shtml Hmmm, only one in a million eh, and she's found 12? Seems awfully concentrated in the spoke of area. I haven't had any beef since the local discovery of Mad Cow tainted dairy cattle in my area. My brother scoffs at me, Of course he has no plans whatsoever other than Jesus to survive this go round. Then also, it could be too late for me anyway taking as long as it does to show up. I guess I'll know in a few more years. If so it'll be a case to test the Oregon assisted suicide laws in my neighboring state. I wonder if I need to be a resident? Heh, you'd think I'd know that huh? James -- Member: Cryonics Institute of Michigan http://www.cryonics.org The Immortalist Society http://www.cryonics.org/info.html The Society for Venturism http://www.venturist.org Immortality Institute http://www.imminst.org Methuselah Foundation http://www.methuselahfoundation.org Methuselah Mouse Prize http://www.methuselahmouse.org [Give $$$ for life!] World Transhumanist Association http://www.transhumanism.org/ Marijuana Policy Project http://www.mpp.org American Civil Liberties Union http://www.aclu.org Nat. Resources Defense Council http://www.nrdc.org Act For Change http://www.actforchange.org People for American Way http://www.pfaw.org MY WEBSITE: http://www.davidpascal.com/swayze/ Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=24014