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scotsman

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About scotsman

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    Bait Fisherman
  • Birthday 10/20/1949

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    Atlantic salmon
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    2007

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    Greenock, Scotland
  1. As a British citizen I would vent my frustration that most people on this site seem to think that this forum consists of only Americans. I'll quote a quote from 'flytyingscotsman' (a disgrace to the Scottish) who I assume as a fellow British citizen might have a little bit more sympathy to the fact that the world doesn't revolve around America. I guess not. "Dr Whiting said government rules have changes for importing feathers. Even though he insists the decision is not based on good science". It's not all about about America and your selfish ways. Since the entire forum is not made up of all americans I would say there could still be some risk. Another subject I would like to touch briefly on, viruses do not die off as soon as an animal dies. So long as there are still proteins in it's host a virus can live weeks after the host has died. At the World Health Organization's website there is a story in which a family likely contracted avian flu from feathers that were more than a few weeks old. Does this thought make me an alarmist too? that link: http://www.who.int/csr/don/2006_03_21a/en/index.html One last thing, Chemprof2001 who writes 'Since I buy all my feathers commercially, I'm not worrying about it. And if you are wondering, these days all imported feathers are also required to be sterilized.' Was it not a wee while ago that your food chain 'Taco Bell' had an outbreak of E-coli? In order to seperate 'student' thinking from common sense, your food industry claims to keep a watchful eye on it's produce. What went wrong? What makes you think that your feathers share the same scrutiny when it is being 'sterilised'?
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