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<blockquote data-quote="Fritz the Cat" data-source="post: 81523" data-attributes="member: 605"><a href="http://wisconsinwatch.org/2013/09/prions-in-plants-new-concern-for-chronic-wasting-disease/" target="_blank">http://wisconsinwatch.org/2013/09/prions-in-plants-new-concern-for-chronic-wasting-disease/</a>Prions — the infectious, deformed proteins that cause chronic wasting&nbsp; disease in deer — can be taken up by plants such as alfalfa, corn and&nbsp; tomatoes, according to new research from the National Wildlife Health&nbsp; Center in Madison.Johnson is scheduled to present his research at the annual meeting of&nbsp; The Wildlife Society in Milwaukee in October. Johnson studies CWD at the&nbsp; federal wildlife disease center, which is run by the U.S. Geological&nbsp; Survey. His earlier work found CWD prions can linger in and be amplified&nbsp; and transmitted by soil.“That is very disconcerting,” George Meyer, executive director of the&nbsp; nonprofit Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, said of the research.Dean Nelson is right. The funding has dried up from the fed/gov and the only way to get more funding for CWD research is fear. Never let a good crisis go to waste.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Fritz the Cat, post: 81523, member: 605"] [url]http://wisconsinwatch.org/2013/09/prions-in-plants-new-concern-for-chronic-wasting-disease/[/url] Prions — the infectious, deformed proteins that cause chronic wasting disease in deer — can be taken up by plants such as alfalfa, corn and tomatoes, according to new research from the National Wildlife Health Center in Madison. Johnson is scheduled to present his research at the annual meeting of The Wildlife Society in Milwaukee in October. Johnson studies CWD at the federal wildlife disease center, which is run by the U.S. Geological Survey. His earlier work found CWD prions can linger in and be amplified and transmitted by soil. “That is very disconcerting,” George Meyer, executive director of the nonprofit Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, said of the research. Dean Nelson is right. The funding has dried up from the fed/gov and the only way to get more funding for CWD research is fear. Never let a good crisis go to waste. [/QUOTE]

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