Re: The Bizarre Claims of Stephen Barrett, M.D.

Alan_K_FL@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

I should clarify: I'm not trying to argue, as Hulda Clark may have,
that all cancers and diseases are due to Fasciolopsis in particular.

It's simply a matter of verifying the facts. Parasite infestation,
especially worms and flukes is not a major factor in the US due to
sanitation and animal handling laws.

I'm not sure what you mean by "major factor", but despite sanitation
and animal handling laws,

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00015878.htm

It is fairly easy to check for ovum and parasites in stool. The vast
majority of the stool examinations are negative.

Unless I'm remembering wrong, stool exams are insensitive to taenia
solium; hence the exclusion of stool-exams from the CDC's recommended
tests for taenia solium.

They literally look at the tissue
in search for histological pathology. If the worms are there then they
would be seen.

What's the diameter of the smallest object that can be seen in that
test? I don't know, but I assume that the test has limited resolution.

F.buski grows to about the size of an adult thumb. Hard to miss.


If there
were a lot of people with confirmed parasite infestation then such a
hypothesis would be one to look at.

But nothing can be confirmed that isn't tested for in the first place.

Thank you, Robert1
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