Salmonella connections? Sent to Lou Dobbs with no reply
07-07/2008  •  from Sandi Trend
Tonight, July 4, 2008 I listened to your show and Louise Schiavone spoke of the Salmonella outbreaks though out the United States coming from Mexico, although she said they haven’t identified the source. She also said she had spoken to a woman in, I believe it was Minnesota who had Salmonella and “never ate a tomato”. Within the following you will understand my suspicion as to just where the SALMONELLA (and possible prior E-COLI outbreaks) may be coming from, Tlaxcala, Mexico in the form of a bio-pesticide, bio-insecticide or biofungicide etc. (fungus or bacteria). In the case of the company where my son used to work and Tlaxcala, Mexico; this company has a fermentation/manufacturing plant of bio-pesticides, bio-insecticides or biofungicides etc. (fungus or bacteria) that are products tested, sold and “used” on our crops and insects in the United States. When a bio-pesticide, bio-insecticide or biofungicide etc. is going through review by the EPA for registration, or re-registration the EPA either denies the submission or accepts it. In 1999 the company my son worked for had requested a registration from the EPA (which had been previously registered by the EPA) for a “new active ingredient”. Full registration was denied and instead the company only received a \\\"Conditional Time-Limited\\\" Registration [ATTACHED] as the EPA themselves found fault with; Storage stability, Manufacturing process and it was questioned why fish, shrimp and honey bees died. The \\\"Conditional Time-Limited\\\" Registration” issued on June 20, 2000 to the company by the EPA - OFFICE OF PESTICIDE PROGRAMS -PESTICIDES AND POLLUTION PREVENTION DIVISION, FORM 8570?6 states” \\\"After fermentation and prior to further process, each batch must be tested for the following microbial contaminates and have levels below those listed\\\" \\\"E. COLI/COLIFORM BACTERIA\\\" \\\"SALMONELLA\\\" \\\"SHIGELLA\\\" \\\"STAPHYLOCOCCI\\\" \\\"VIBRIO\\\" \\\"YEAST\\\" \\\"MOLD\\\" The above was addressed in my June of 2007 letter to Congressman Waxman with no response. [ATTACHED]. I have also addressed Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey and Congressman Dan Lungren in letters and in person (as have others) concerning the safety to human health and the environment as well as the question of homeland security. Should you wish to view the letters I would be more than happy to send them to you It is extremely concerning why the company, who one would believe would be very careful in sending the EPA an UNCONTAMINATED submission for approval for registration (which it appears was contaminated), would not be questioned with respect to contamination in their products or product candidates that are being tested and sold to be used on our crops and used for insect control. My son also became sick in 1999 while working for this company and despite 4 surgeries (the first in 1999 and the last in 2006), the loss of an intact immune system and over $333,000 worth of medical bills (as of 2005) he has never regained his health as it was before he began employment with the company. \\\"Why\\\" should anyone, with the advanced technology this century has, have to be afraid to be employed, eat agricultural crops, drink water and breath the air in the United States of America? Should you wish to contact me I can be reached at [PHONE # OMITTED]. There is “so much more”. Sincerely, Sandi Trend TO READERS OF FREEDOM PHOENIX: THE CONDITIONAL TIME-LIMITED REGISTRATION [6-20-2000] SPOKE OF IN THE ABOVE WAS ISSUED TO AGRAQUEST INC. SUBMISSION OF QST 713 (BACILLUS SUBTILIS). IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY OF THE 4 PAGE DOCUMENT FROM THE EPA AND A COPY OF THE LETTER TO HENRY WAXMAN OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I WOULD BE GLAD TO SEND THEM TO YOU. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT: strend@surewest.net

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http//video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8772395089110184693
Labor Video Project - May 13, 2008
Description:
focuses on the case of Agraquest biotech worker David Bell. Bell who worked at the Davis, CA biotech laboratory owned by ormer Monsanto scientist Pam Marrone was infected with fungus and Bacteria while working. He and his family have faced a terrifying
battle for healthcare and justice from injuries on the job.
Despite the fact that his mother found material in his body that was patented by scientists at the laboratory he has been Prevented from getting full healthcare to save his life. The corruption and breakdown of the workers compensation system is connected to the deregulation of workers compensation and the elimination of all medical doctors at Ca-OSHA
Joining the show:
Steve Zeltzer - Host and interviewer from Labor On The Job Project and an Injured Workers Advocate for many years
Dr. Larry Rose - The "last" Cal/OSHA Public Health Medical Officer in the state of California, was with Cal/OSHA for 28 years
Dan Berman - Author of "DEATH ON THE JOB"
Sandi Trend - Mother of David Bell, injured and a former "Assistant Researcher" of the biotech company, Agraquest Inc., Davis, California

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Dr. Larry Rose
Well, it sounds' it sounds like it's a hype to me in terms of calling it organic. First off, if you're using pathogenic organisms that's not exactly organic.... that's a risk not only the environment, the workers... but also possibly the food Consumers as well.

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Dr. Larry Rose
I'd like to inject here that the way they classify biosafety in labs is they classify it 1 through 4. Say the most hazardous, say like anthrax would be a 4 so you have to have like space suits and total control. Now if these were pathogens he was working with it sounds that should rate very high in biosafety requirements.
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Dr. Larry Rose - Yea... If they're using potentially pathogenic microorganisms to spread on... you know, vast areas of the environment in relation to say, specific what they call pests the first thing you would have to determine if OSHA went in there... and what I can.... I'll get the record but from what I can tell first thing they would've had to have was either a microbiologist or a Doctor, a public health Doctor to look at how pathogenic are these organisms. Are they as bad as, say Anthrax? Could they be? And then you have to determine do they have the proper level of bio safety? And then you don't go and just look at the face velocity of a vertical lamenter flow hood... that's nonsense! What you do is then you go back and you say, "you've got
the wrong level". you cite them and you require them to get the right level of bio safety and the other things... not spread the agent around in the neighborhood and that would be the Approach.... and if they don't have a Doctor at Cal/OSHA to do
that or.... you know.... then ... they're going in blind.
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Dr. Larry Rose - When you're called in and a worker has possibly picked up a very serious infectious disease from the work Process, you don't just go in and measure a face velocity and give a tag. You've gotta do some... you know real investigation. Go over all the medical records and you've got to get the Organism and submit it to the proper lab to determine it's patogenicity. In other words, there's a series of steps you would
take because you're not only trying to protect all the workers there now and future workers, but you also have to protect the community when you're talking about an infectious disease, this is a serious public health matter. So looking at what OSHA did and I'm just astounded that they had that kind of very weak
response, inappropriate response according to the law. The law states that you have to have to go through this kind of process and you certainly can't fire a worker whose complaining. Also, OSHA should have responded within 72 hours, that's required by law in this kind of.. you know, complaint. I don't know what they Were doing, but they obviously handled the thing illegally.