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Animal Pharm: One Mans Struggle to Discover the Truth about Mad Cow Disease and Variant CJD
Mark Purdey
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Description for Animal Pharm: One Mans Struggle to Discover the Truth about Mad Cow Disease and Variant CJD
Paperback. Uncovers contamination from industry, munitions, pesticides, nuclear experiments and natural geology, linking these with the emergence of a range of neurodegenerative diseases. This title helps to create a paradigm shift in our understanding of the relationship of pollutants to disease and health. Editor(s): Purdey, Nigel. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: BT; MBN; MZM; TVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 518. One Man's Struggle to Discover the Truth About Mad Cow Disease and Variant CJD. 288 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Purdey, Nigel. Uncovers contamination from industry, munitions, pesticides, nuclear experiments and natural geology, linking these with the emergence of a range of neurodegenerative diseases. This title helps to create a paradigm shift in our understanding of the relationship of pollutants to disease and health. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BT; MBN; MZM; TVH. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 25. Weight: 510.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Clairview Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Forest Row, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905570119
SKU
V9781905570119
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About Mark Purdey
MARK PURDEY, born in 1953, turned down a university place to start his own organic farm at the age of 19. In the late 1980s he started to teach himself neurobiology and in the mid-1990s began worldwide field research to discover the truth behind BSE, CJD and other neurodegenerative diseases. He was a vociferous campaigner on these issues making TV ... Read more
Reviews for Animal Pharm: One Mans Struggle to Discover the Truth about Mad Cow Disease and Variant CJD
'Next to weapons of mass destruction, BSE or Mad Cow Disease was the Blair government's biggest scare. Mark Purdey's inves 5{, required reading.'- John Pilger'If Purdey is right, he deserves a Nobel Prize for medicine. Instead he has been shot at, his phone lines have been cut and his house has been burnt down. The Ministry of Agriculture, which for ... Read more