mbox-27: Fw: I made pro-Med Digest!

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From: Donna Fezler <gcr@rhealiving.com>
Date: Friday, August 14, 1998 6:20 AM
Subject: Hey, I made pro-Med Digest!

[see also:
Leptospirosis - USA (Illinois & Wisconsin) (08) 980808183556
Leptospirosis - USA (Illinois & Wisconsin) (09) 980809225626
Leptospirosis - USA (Illinois & Wisconsin)(10) 980811231835]

Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 10:21:15 -0500
From: Donna Fezler <gcr@rhealiving.com>
Via: Peter Smith <pjsmith1@gte.net>

This occurred after a period of intense rainfall. The unspoken =
speculation
here is groundwater contamination or runoff from a livestock farm. I =
cannot
imagine any other way of getting such a high concentration of organisms.

This is politically a very sensitive issue and any other reason is =
better
than the truth. The lake is immediately surrounded by semi-rural upscale
home sites, a few yacht clubs, a branch of the University of Illinois, =
and
a few camps. It is hardly wilderness area, so I found the rodent idea =
very
entertaining. It has a long history of agricultural contamination with
costs of $2,000,000 per year (I think that was the last number I heard) =
to
remove the atrazine from the water to make it suitable for drinking.

We had a large, unexplained die-off of sea gulls this spring also. Nice
lake, smelly issue.

- --
Donna Fezler
Jacksonville, IL
30 miles west of Lake Springfield
e-mail: gcr@rhealiving.com

[Atrazine is a herbicide used for weed control on corn fields. While not
wishing to fuel an "X-Files" paranoia, maybe one of those involved in
investigating this outbreak would be willing to comment on the above
speculation. - Mod.MHJ]
.........................................mhj/es
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LEPTOSPIROSIS - USA (ILLINOIS & WISCONSIN)=20 (11)
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A ProMED-mail = post
<http://www.healthn= et.org/programs/promed.html>

[see=20 also:
Leptospirosis - USA (Illinois & Wisconsin)=20 (08)        = 980808183556
Leptospirosis -=20 USA (Illinois & Wisconsin) = (09)       =20 980809225626
Leptospirosis - USA (Illinois &=20 Wisconsin)(10)        =20 980811231835]

Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 10:21:15 -0500
From: = Donna Fezler=20 <gcr@rhealiving.com>
Via: = Peter=20 Smith <pjsmith1@gte.net>

This= occurred=20 after a period of intense rainfall. The unspoken speculation
here is=20 groundwater contamination or runoff from a livestock farm. I = cannot
imagine=20 any other way of getting such a high concentration of = organisms.

This is=20 politically a very sensitive issue and any other reason is = better
than the=20 truth. The lake is immediately surrounded by semi-rural upscale
home = sites, a=20 few yacht clubs, a branch of the University of Illinois, and
a few = camps. It=20 is hardly wilderness area, so I found the rodent idea = very
entertaining. It=20 has a long history of agricultural contamination with
costs of = $2,000,000 per=20 year (I think that was the last number I heard) to
remove the = atrazine from=20 the water to make it suitable for drinking.

We had a large, = unexplained=20 die-off of sea gulls this spring also. Nice
lake, smelly = issue.

-=20 --
Donna Fezler
Jacksonville, IL
30 miles west of Lake=20 Springfield
e-mail: gcr@rhealiving.com

[Atrazin= e is a=20 herbicide used for weed control on corn fields. While not
wishing to = fuel an=20 "X-Files" paranoia, maybe one of those involved = in
investigating=20 this outbreak would be willing to comment on the above
speculation. - = Mod.MHJ]
.........................................mhj/es
-=20 --