There are 8 chapters altogether, plus a section on Acknowledgments and another on Comments by Scientists and Others. On the left hand side of the webpages are links to all the chapters/sections. There are aslo several links in each chapter - I have not put in the urls so please go to the websites. I have wondered for years what happened to L-tryptophan. It seems it would be very helpful to many of those with pain, sleep difficulties, Fibromyalgia, and many other conditions. Well, I guess now I know.........except why is it still not available? or was this just an excuse for the FDA and Health Canada as they collaborate with Codex.......is this what the future holds for Canada and the USA? best wishes, Shan (http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm)
Toxic L-tryptophan: Shedding Light on a Mysterious Epidemic _http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/index.cfm_ (http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/index.cfm) by William E.Crist Preface by Jeffrey Smith _http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/PrefacebyJeffreySmith/index.cfm_ (http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/PrefacebyJeffreySmith/index.cfm) In chapter 4 of my book Seeds of Deception, I present the story of a deadly epidemic in 1989 that was linked to an L-tryptophan food supplement produced by genetically engineered bacterium. Much of the material was based on the research of William Crist, whose work is reproduced here. Introduction: Was Genetic Engineering the Cause of Contaminated L-tryptophan and the EMS Epidemic? _http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/1Introduction/index.cfm_ (http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/1Introduction/index.cfm) Knowing my long-standing interest in food purity issues, a friend in California suggested in 1996 that I look into the cause of the tragic eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome (EMS) epidemic that had struck seven years earlier. The outbreak was traced to consumption of L-tryptophan food supplements produced by a Japanese company using genetically engineered (GE) bacteria. Exactly what role biotechnology played in the contamination of the supplement was hotly debated. After thousands of hours of self-sponsored research, I believe I can shed some light on that issue. Background Information: The EMS Epidemic, Initial Research Studies and News of Biotech Link _http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/2BackgroundInformation/index.cfm_ (http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/2BackgroundInformation/index.cfm) During the summer and autumn of 1989, an outbreak of a tragic and mysterious disease swept across the U.S. First scores, then hundreds of people fell seriously ill with a rare blood and muscle disorder. Doctors and hospital staffs were baffled by the unusual cluster of symptoms and were largely ineffective in treating the victims. The Pre-epidemic Cases: A Key to the EMS Puzzle? _http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/3Pre-epidemicCases-KeytoEMSPuzzle/index.cfm_ (http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/3Pre-epidemicCases-KeytoEMS Puzzle/index.cfm) **The existence of cases prior to those that constituted the great bulk of the epidemic is one of the most peculiar and interesting aspects of the EMS outbreak.** — Edwin M. Kilbourne,1 epidemiologist, Center for Disease Control For more than a decade now, researchers have been puzzled by cases of EMS that occurred for several years prior to the epidemic. Where Did the Contaminants Come From? _http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/4WhereDidtheContaminant sComeFrom/index.cfm_ (http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/4WhereDidtheContaminantsComeFrom/index.cfm) **Although the [20kg/batch] powdered carbon may have contributed to the removal of the etiological [causal] agent, it does not explain how the agent was introduced into the product.** —Edward Belongia, M.D., et al., The New England Journal of Medicine 1 It*s been more than a decade since Belongia and his colleagues raised this salient point about what created the contaminants that caused EMS. Surprisingly, few researchers have addressed it. Problems with Identifying and Testing for Trace Contaminants _http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/5ProblemswithIdentificationTesting/in dex.cfm_ (http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/5ProblemswithIdentificationTesting/index.cfm) **I must emphasize that the presence of the contaminants in the [Showa Denko] L-tryptophan is astonishingly small and so you require very sophisticated instrumentation and a lot of hard work to even come close to determining the structures.** — Stephen Naylor, Mayo Clinic1 Government Agencies Disagree on Cause of EMS _http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/6GovtAgenciesDisagreeonEMSCause/index.cfm_ (http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/6GovtAgenciesDisagreeonEMSCause/i ndex.cfm) The FDA*s finding that control L-tryptophan itself was a contributing factor to the syndrome is surprising, because it is inconsistent with the epidemiological evidence linking production lots of implicated L-TRP to cases of EMS. Earlier studies by leading researchers, including those at the Center for Disease Control (CDC), clearly suggested that L-tryptophan itself was not responsible for EMS and that the disease was caused by contaminant(s) in a single manufacturer’s L-TRP.1-3 Unanswered Letters to Government Officials _http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/7UnansweredLetterstoGovtOf ficials/index.cfm_ (http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/7UnansweredLetterstoGovtOfficials/index.cfm) This section includes three letters sent to government regulatory authorities and researchers concerning: (1) key information and/or data that appears to have been concealed from the public regarding L-tryptophan and the EMS epidemic, and (2) discrepancies in the interpretation of research data and in the procurement of samples of Showa Denko's (SDK) genetically engineered strains of bacteria. After several months, and now years, no one from either the National Centers for Disease Control or the Food and Drug Administration has answered several key, material questions. Conclusion: Who’s Responsible? _http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/8ConclusionWhosResponsib le/index.cfm_ (http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/8ConclusionWhosResponsible/index.cfm) What created the biologically potent trace contaminants in Showa Denko L-tryptophan that inflicted a seriously debilitating disease at such low dosages of a food supplement? Researchers still do not know. Some, like Gleich and Maryanski, have stated that genetic engineering can’t be ruled out as a causal factor, though they favor other scenarios, usually the manufacturer’s inadequate purification system. Acknowledgments _http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/Acknowledgments/index.cfm_ (http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/Acknowledgments/index.cfm) Addendum: Comments by Scientists and Other Professionals _http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/CommentsbyScientistsandOthers/index.cfm_ (http://www.seedsofdeception.com/Public/L-tryptophan/CommentsbyScientistsandOthers/index.cfm) (http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/attachments/20090513/8e5bce0f/attachment.html _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/