Virus alert misfire...sorry, it was another mssg. Please ignore. ----- Original Message ----- From: <bill...@cheerful.com> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 8:32 PM Subject: Re: CS>FDA banning CS in dairy mastitis
> At 23:13 10/30/01, you wrote: > >Evening Thelma ~ > > > > > Could you explain why the FDA thinks using CS in dairy cows is unsafe? > > > >I hear lots about mastitis on many lists, so it is my impression, it's > >fairly common. Luckily, we've never had to deal with it. My guess is, as > >always, there's no money to be made with CS. Wouldn't want to put the > >pharmaceutical companies out of business, now would we?*VBG* > > Very common in dairy herds, especially those that use BST. > > > > > Antibiotics aren't safe for human consumption either, and all antibiotics > >I > > > know of have a milk withhold time of two days at least. So why would > > > antibiotics be safe and CS not? > > > >Antibiotics are not safe and CS is better just not lucrative like > >antibiotics. > > > > > Is the theory that CS stays in the body permanently? And if so, is that > >true? Surely not... > > > >I've been told CS is completely eliminated from the body within 3 weeks of > >discontinuing use. As you know from this list, many take it on a daily > >basis. If CS keeps milk from going sour, I can't imagine that there would > >even be a withholding period at all. After all, how many dairies actually > >wait the withholding period? Do they actually milk the cows treated for > >mastitis for a few days and dump all the milk? Hopefully, but my cynical > >mind thinks many of them probably don't. > > According to tests done by Dr. Roger Altman, CS is eliminated rather > rapidly, in a matter of several hours, from the system. > > Milk is tested by the farmer, the tank truck driver and the dairy for the > presence of antibiotics. If you have ever had to buy a tanker of milk you > get very good at checking. > >Julie & Critters > > Bill > > Hibernating in the North Country of NY > "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." > > > > > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > >
