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Animal Pharm - One Man's Struggle to Discover the Truth About Mad Cow Disease and Variant CJD (Paperback)
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Animal Pharm - One Man's Struggle to Discover the Truth About Mad Cow Disease and Variant CJD (Paperback)
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Loot Price R545
Discovery Miles 5 450
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Mark Purdey's life changed one day in 1984 when a Ministry of
Agriculture inspector told him he must administer a toxic
organophosphate pesticide to his dairy herd. Passionately committed
to organic farming and convinced of the harmful effects of
chemicals in the environment, he refused to comply. 'It was as if
my whole life became focused', he explained later. Before they had
a chance to prosecute, Purdey took the Ministry to court and won
his case. These experiences led him to challenge the orthodox line
on the origins of Mad Cow Disease and its human counterpart variant
CJD. Could the insecticide used in the official programme have
precipitated the spread of the disease?Purdey's quest to discover
the truth was hampered at every turn by government bureaucracies
and self-serving scientific cliques who sought to smear and
marginalize him. Dogged by dirty tricks and forced to work alone as
something of a scientific sleuth, he struggled to reveal hidden
interests and dangerous secrets. His supporters included many
members of the public, as well as Prince Charles and the poet Ted
Hughes. The latter wrote to him expressing 'a million
congratulations'.Increasingly sceptical of the official narrative,
Purdey was certain that toxic environmental factors would provide
answers, and so embarked on a self-funded worldwide odyssey to
investigate. "Animal Pharm" follows him on these eco-detective
trails to locations as diverse as Iceland, Sardinia, Colorado and
Australia. Purdey uncovers contamination from industry, munitions,
pesticides, nuclear experiments and natural geology, linking these
with the emergence of a range of neurodegenerative diseases. His
research is at once compelling and disturbing, helping to create a
paradigm shift in our understanding of the relationship of
pollutants to disease and health.
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