CJD is a disease caused by a misfolding protein, called a prion. (PREE-on) Prion diseases are a group of rare and fatal brain diseases which occur in both humans and animals. In humans, it is known as CJD. Cows get BSE, which stands for bovine spongiform encephalopathy. Deer and elk contract CWD, or chronic wasting disease. There is no cure or clinical diagnosis for CJD. There is no cure for any of the diseases in the prion family.

Sunday, June 11, 2006

Heather Larson on Go Vegan Texas Monday June 12

I'll be LIVE on Go Vegan Texas from 8-8:30 am PST in Houston. You can listen live here:

http://www.govegantexas.org/index.php

Just click on the cow's ears (bottom left corner of the page).

I'll be plugging the current issues of Veg News Magazine because I'm on Page 96 (back page) talking about "How I Went Veg."

I'll also be plugging this blog.

I'll be talking about two issues close to my heart -- the danger of mad cow disease in America and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, which killed my mother at age 56 in 2004.

Variant CJD can be contracted by eating contaminated meat and the US only tests one tenth of one percent of the cows meant for human consumption in this country. Please understand the risk Americans face each day just to eat a piece of beef.

And that, among other reasons, is why I'm VEGAN!

Viva la Veg News: http://www.myspace.com/Veg News Magazine

heatlarson@yahoo.com

posted by Heather Larson at Sunday, June 11, 2006