In article ss,
"gunner" wrote:

wrote in message
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"As I teach my students "a scientist .......
MCD is an infectious protein (prion). ........... The only place it USED
to be rampant was in those small
populations of humans who ate the brains of family members for ritual
reasons. Now
that has stopped so has Kuru."

Ingrid

Not to get into your debates here, but I would like some info/leads on the
groups where this was rampant.
TIA
Gunner

New Guinea
See:
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond
http://www.amazon.com/Guns-Germs-Ste...393061310/ref=
pd_bxgy_b_text_b
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- Billy

"For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is
now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of
conception until death." - Rachel Carson

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7843430.stm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI29wVQN8Go