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Tue 28 Jan, 2003 04:06 am
a unique health hazard on guam which may help many.
http://www.guampdn.com/index.html
Link is not very specific for me, Pueo - is there something I should be clicking on when I get to the site?
darn it!
didn't post the link. i'll try to find it.
still looking, it had to do with the following and a "major" breakthrough. a number of people in this field are now looking at algae and river toxins as a source.
(deleted link, can't get the hang of this yet)
see below
there a number of other articles on this. used sacks as he is the best known at this time. will return to add more.
I tried to find info too.... what does this last article have to do with toxic algae? Forgive me if it's obvious, I have a cold and am a bit flighty.
originally it was thought that lytico-bodig was caused by eating fruit bats which feed on a toxic berry. that idea was followed for years by a number of well known and respected researchers. that thinking has changed to thinking that toxic alagae etc. may be the cause of this disease. if i had put the correct link above everything would have been explained.
there is a feeling among researchers that if they can isolate the cause of lytico-bodig, they will find the key to other like diseases, parkinsons, als, etc.
gotcha! Remember the name of the algae?
not yet
dammit!
searching, searching.............