literally

Here they come again.  “Get offa my public land! that you pay for with your tax dollars butthat’snotimportantnow”

Note how the SacBee accepts without question the allegations set forth.

Each summer, on hiking trips into the high Sierra, [director of the emergency room at the UC Davis Medical Center, Robert Derlet] brought that curiosity along, asking himself: Where do you get infections in the wilderness? The most obvious possibility, he believed, was the water.

Now, after 10 years of fieldwork and 4,500 miles of backpacking, Derlet knows for sure. ...

Nowhere is the water dirtier, he discovered, than on U.S. Forest Service land, including wilderness areas, where beef cattle and commercial pack stock – horses and mules – graze during the summer months.

The bear, mule deer, elk, fox, cougar, bob cat, badger, weasel, beaver, ringtail cat, coyote, gray squirrel were unavailable for comment.  Let’s hear from the skunk again:

Derlet and Charles Goldman, director of the UC Davis Tahoe Research Center, to mount a publicity campaign calling for dramatic management change in the Sierra. Cattle, they say, should be moved to lower elevations. And Forest Service areas where they now graze should be turned into national parks.

Really?  The waters were pristine back in the Bonanza days?  Ya don’t say?  And the

“At one time, cattle were important for developing civilization here,” said Derlet. “But now, with 40 million people in California, the Sierra is not for cattle. It’s for water. We need water more than Big Macs.”

“Big Macs” Well, maybe you metrosexxxuals hippies Watermelon Greenies can do with out the plebian Big Macs—or even the delicious rib eye—but can you do without all the other things that come from the beef industry?

GENERAL MEDICAL & HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS

antibodies (immunoglobins)
beef insulin
bovine collagen - used as injections to fill in scars
bovine fibrinolysin (brand name- Elase) ointment for necrotic tissue
bovine super oxide - dismutase cream (Orgotein) - cosmetic skin cream to
prevent tissue aging.
bovine thrombin (brand name- Thrombinar) clotting agent for blood
culture medium - diagnosis
fetal bovine serum - tissue cultures
Hyaluronidase - efficient drug use
PTH - control tetany
pegademase - bovine derivative (brand name- Adagen)
- for patients who are immuno-compromised...helps prevent
white blood cells from breaking down.
pill capsules - GELATIN
whole serum - vaccine manufacturing

PRODUCTS FROM OVARIES
estrogen
progesterone - a reproductive hormone

PRODUCT FROM STOMACHS
pepsin - aid in protein digestion
rennet - aid in milk digestion

PRODUCTS FROM THYROIDS
bovine thyroid (Thyrar) a thyroid replacement
TSH - thyroid diagnosis
thyroid extract - hypothrodism
thyroid hormones
myxedema
cretinism

PRODUCTS FROM ADRENALS
cortisone - for arthritis, skin allergies, anti-inflammatory medicine
epinephrine - aid in raising blood pressure, heart disorders, and allergies

PRODUCTS FROM LIVERS
heparin - anti-coagulant, prevents gangrene
liver extract - treatment of anemia
intrinsic factor - pernicious anemia
Vitamin B12 - prevention of B-complex deficiencies

PRODUCTS FROM LUNGS
heparin - anti-coagulant, prevents gangrene

PRODUCTS FROM BLOOD
plasma protein
blood albumin - RH factor typing
Fraction I - hemophilia
Fraction V - kills viruses
iron for anemia
thrombin - blood coagulant
protein extracts
diagnostic microbiology

PRODUCTS FROM HOG HEARTS
heart valves for human transplant

PRODUCTS FROM INTESTINES
medical sutures - surgery

PRODUCTS FROM BONES
bone marrow - blood disorders
bone meal - calcium and phosphorous source
mineral source in supplements
collagen and bone for plastic surgery
soft cartilage - plastic surgery
xiphisternal cartilage (breastbone) plastic surgery

PRODUCTS FROM PANCREAS
chymotrypsin - contact surgery
diastase - aid in starch digestion
glucagon - treat hypoglycemia
insulin - diabetes mellitus
pancreatin - aid digestion
trypsin - for burns, wounds, and infection - promotes healing - aid in
protein
digestion and in cleaning wounds

PRODUCTS FROM PITUITARY GLANDS
ACTH - arthritis, allergies, rheumatic fever, skin and eye inflammations
pressor hormone - regulates blood pressure
prolactin - promotes lactation
vasopressin - controls intestinal and renal functions

PRODUCTS FROM SPINAL CORDS
cholesterol - hormone products

OTHER MEDICAL AND HEALTH CARE PRODUCTS
nitroglycerine
antibodies (immunoglobins)
beef insulin
bovine collagen - used as injections to fill in scars
bovine fibrinolysin (Elase - brand name) ointment for use on necrotic
tissue
bovine super oxide - dismutase cream (Orgotein) - cosmetic skin cream to
prevent tissue aging
bovine thrombin (Thrombinar - brand name) clotting agent for blood
culture medium - diagnosis
fetal bovine serum - tissue cultures
Hyaluronidase - efficient drug use
PTH - control tetany
pegademase - bovine derivative (Adagen - brand name) -
- for patients who are immuno-compromised
- helps prevent white blood cells from breaking down.
pill capsules - GELATIN
whole serum - vaccine manufacturing

Rich

wow.  And we haven’t even covered Cotswold cheese or Chocolate milkshakes yet. 

Didja know that, Derlet?  And that’s just some of the stuff you work with every day.

*deep breath*