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Posted Mon Jul 14 2008: from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Prions can survive sewage treatment, UW-Madison study says http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1216052251 "Mad cow disease-causing prions can survive conventional sewage treatment, according to a new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists. Prions -- rogue misfolded proteins that cause mad cow disease, chronic wasting disease, and its human equivalent, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease -- are not degraded by standard wastewater decontamination and can end up in fertilizers, potentially contaminating crops." [Read more stories about: ] New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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