Could ' This' Be Morgellons?

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November 5, 2009

On Wednesday, November 4, 2009, the following statement (Preliminary Report on Progress of External Peer Review of CDC's Unexplained Dermopathy Project to the CCID Board of Scientific Counselors Adobe PDF file [PDF, 11 KB]) was presented to CCID's Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) meeting. The statement describes the External Peer Review Panel's process and progress in developing a preliminary report for CDC. The panel met in September to review CDC's Unexplained Dermopathy Project. Because this panel was convened only recently, the panelists need additional time to finalize their recommendations. The panel has said that it will submit its report as expediently as possible once it has completed its task of reviewing all aspects of the project that it was charged with reviewing. CDC will provide that report to the BSC members and post it online when it becomes available to us.

We are currently analyzing the data collected in the study. When data analysis is complete and results of the study are available, the findings will most likely be published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal and disseminated through other channels, to CDC's public health partners, such as State and local health departments and medical societies, and through this website.

I was a lil skeptical, when I first linked to this site. Thinking, "Oh great, more pics of the same ol' same." But, after following the readings that accompanied each pic, I was easily intrigued to follow through... and delightfully impressed with the theories (which are much like my own (hehe) but a lot more!)

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At the end of the first page, there are other chapters you can link to. All of these chapters are good and have relevant information, in terms that are very understandable to the commons. When you get to the "Oddities and Ends" page, link to the "List of Dead Scientists" and read about the area of work they each studied and how each of them has died. It's breathtaking!

Myiasis been known to cause:

Multiple furuncle-like lesions may occur with crusted, odoriferous, purulent, or serosanguinous discharge, caused by larva proteins and feces, which may also be bloody. There is sometimes a central punctum with movements of spiracles of larva or bubbles in serous larva discharge. The patient complains of pruritus and a crawling sensation within the lesion and some maybe painful (which is often nocturnal). The protein (enzyme) discharges may literally melt/burn the skin, causing scaring and hypo or hyperpigmentation.

There maybe satellite lesions near a central lesion and multiple larvae may aggregate together in certain places under the skin during cutaneous myiasis. Often more than one larva is present in a lesion.

Protrusion of the breathing tube of the larva frequently can be observed with the aid of a hand lens; a small white threadlike structure protruding from the lesion. Lesions are occasionally accompanied by enlargement of the draining lymph node.

The subsequent feeding activity of the larvae at the skin surface rapidly promotes extensive tissue damage, resulting in the development of inflamed, abraded and ulcerated areas of skin with progressive alopecia (hair loss).




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Motions caused by the growth of Bacillus subtilis macrofibres in fluid medium result in new forms of movement of the multicellular structures over solid surfaces [Mendelson et al., Microbiology 147 (part 4), April 2001, 929-937]

A. A terminal loop rolling over a glass surface

B. Dual view images of a large ball structure perching on 'legs' and being moved by contact of the large peripheral fibres that originate at the periphery of the ball.

C. A pivoting small ball structure viewed from above


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Five years ago, Oxford University zoologists showed that the parasite Toxoplasma gondii alters the brain chemistry of rats so that they are more likely to seek out cats. Infection thus makes a rat more likely to be killed and the parasite more likely to end up in a cat-the only host in which it can complete the reproductive step of its life cycle. The parasite also lives in the brain cells of thousands of species, including about 60 million supposedly symptom-free Americans. Studies over the past few years have suggested that toxoplasmosis infections in humans, too, may cause behavioral changes-from subtle shifts to outright schizophrenia. Two studies this year add even weirder twists.
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Here is a quote from "Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria Formulations and its Scope in Commercialization for the Management of Pests and Diseases"
The export oriented agricultural and horticultural crops depends on the export of residue free produce and has created a great potential and demand for the incorporation of biopesticides in crop protection. To ensure the sustained availability of biocontrol agent's mass production technique and formulation development protocols has to be standardized to increase the shelf life of the formulation. It facilitates the industries to involve in commercial production of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). PGPR with wide scope for commercialization includes Pseudomonas fluorescens, P. putida, P. aeruginosa, Bacillus subtilis and other Bacillus spp. The potential PGPR isolates are formulated using different organic and inorganic carriers either through solid or liquid fermentation technologies. They are delivered either through seed treatment, bio-priming, seedling dip, soil application, foliar spray, fruit spray, hive insert, sucker treatment and sett treatment. Application of PGPR formulations with strain mixtures perform better than individual strains for the management of pest and diseases of crop plants, in addition to plant growth promotion. Supplementation of chitin in the formulation increases the efficacy of antagonists. More than 33 products of PGPR have been registered for commercial use in greenhouse and field in North America. Though PGPR has a potential scope in commercialization, the threat of certain PGPR (P. aeruginosa, P. cepacia and B. cereus) to infect human beings as opportunistic pathogens has to be clarified before large scale acceptance, registration and adoption of PGPR for pest and disease management.

Interestingly, Pseudomonas Putida is one of the core building blocks in Genetically Modified (GM) Agriculture applications, including Pseudomonas fluorescens which is fluourescent. And finally, a new player in our post thus far, Bacillus Subtillus.

Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has received an increased number of inquiries regarding an unexplained skin condition which some refer to as "Morgellons." Persons who suffer from this unexplained skin condition report a range of cutaneous (skin) symptoms including crawling, biting and stinging sensations; granules, threads, fibers, or black speck-like materials on or beneath the skin; and/or skin lesions (e.g., rashes or sores). In addition to skin manifestations, some sufferers also report fatigue, mental confusion, short term memory loss, joint pain, and changes in vision.

The cause of this condition is unknown, and the medical community has insufficient information to determine whether persons who identify themselves as having this condition have a common cause for their symptoms or share common risk factors.

The suffering that many people associate with this condition is best addressed by a careful, objective scientific analysis. Considering the complexity of this condition, we believe that a measured and thorough approach offers the best chance for finding useful answers.

We are aware of some web sites that make these claims, including some that imply CDC support of their products. CDC can not validate the information or product claims of those web sites and does not endorse or recommend any specific treatment or medications for this condition. Consumers should seek input from their healthcare providers before purchasing or using products (e.g., skin creams, pills, and other medications) or equipment that are marketed as treatments for this condition.

Inquiries regarding this condition can be sent to:
E-mail: morgellonssyndrome@cdc.gov or
Phone: 404-718-1199 (Pre-recorded message with voice mail)

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These little bacteria when tweaked with a gene or two from various creatures can do some pretty amazing things. One of them is to turn toxic oils spills into biodegradable plastic. From the article Bacteria Eating Up Oil Spills and Producing Biodegradable Plastic.

We cannot yet say that this bacterium literally changes an environmental problem into a beneficial substance because it also produces some amounts of other toxic byproducts such as toluene.

Pseudomonas Putida can do more than make things out of oil spills, it can also be fed glucose, something readily found in the human body and again the byproduct is toluene.

Toluene - also a hazardous chemical found in the system of Meth users causing harmful skin reactions.

Toluene also shows up in the blood work of many Morgellons patients.

Twenty individuals diagnosed with delusory parasitosis participated in a single site clinical
study under the auspices of the National Pediculosis Association (NPA) and the Oklahoma State Department of Health. The objective of this study was to determine if there were any common factors in skin scrapings collected from this population. These individuals, whose symptoms were originally attributed to lice or scabies, were part of a larger group reporting symptoms of stinging/biting and/or crawling to the NPA. Multiple skin scrapings from each person were microscopically examined. Any and all fields of view that appeared incongruous to normal human skin were digitally photographed. When the
photographic images were initially evaluated, no common factor was identified. However, more extensive scrutiny using imaging software revealed evidence of Collembola in 18 of the 20 participants.

"Morgellons disease" looks like nanotech gone awry: high-density polyethelene fibers containing cellulose and agrobacterium (a genetically modified bacterium patented by the U.S. military), and studded with crystals, growing throughout the human body, especially through the central nervous system. People of all ages are dying from "morgellons disease." The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is surveying a select group of people who may have the "disease," but I think this is inadequate. People from all over the world are reporting cases of Morgellons. The blood supply is not being protected, people are not being screened for Morgellons before donating blood. The CDC is not trying to find out whether Morgellons is transmissible through blood, nor are they trying to find out if it is infectious, and if so, by what means. This reminds me of HIV/AIDS, where it was allowed to spread throughout the world before anyone studied means of transmission and prevention. Already over 10,000 Americans have Morgellons. At www.carnicom.com a scientist found Morgellons in the blood of 26 random blood samples taken throughout the U.S. We may all have Morgellons in our blood already. Brave New World, indeed.

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Something tiny and elusive, here now, gone a moment later.

The worm must be about 4 inches, and almost hair-thin.......

......I thought it was dead, and gently pried it free of the moss. But when I laid it out on the glass under the light, it woke and began its dance again.

Watching it under the hand microscope (only 60x), I could see the individual cells. Along the central, dark section, they look like tiny brown balls or grains of sand. The rest of them are transparent, but the same size and shape. The head end (top in this photo) is pointier than the tail, but otherwise, they look the same; clear, with a more transparent tip.

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According to Dr. William Harvey (chairman of the NASA Education Advisory Committee) 94% of people suffering from Morgellons have tested positive for the bacteria associated with Lyme disease, or Borreliosis.

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Cloud seeding, a form of weather modification, is the attempt to change the amount or type of precipitation that falls from clouds, by dispersing substances into the air that serve as cloud condensation or ice nuclei, which alter the microphysical processes within the cloud. The usual intent is to increase precipitation (rain or snow), but hail and fog suppression are also widely practiced in airports.

In the United States, cloud seeding is used to increase precipitation in areas experiencing drought, to reduce the size of hailstones that form in thunderstorms, and to reduce the amount of fog in and around airports. Cloud seeding is also occasionally used by major ski resorts to induce snowfall. Eleven western states and one Canadian province (Alberta) have ongoing weather modification operational programs. In January 2006, an $8.8 million cloud seeding project began in Wyoming to examine the effects of cloud seeding on snowfall over Wyoming's Medicine Bow, Sierra Madre, and Wind River mountain ranges.

In our review of the materials used for cloud seeding we have found the following materials in use:

Acetamide - Known carcinogen and a suspected skin or sense organ toxicant. It is more hazardous than most chemicals in two out of five ranking systems.

Acetone - Suspected cardiovascular or blood toxicant, gastrointestinal or liver toxicant, kidney toxicant, neurotoxicant, respiratory toxicant, and skin or sense organ toxicant.

Aluminum - Suspected cardiovascular or blood toxicant, neurotoxicant, and respiratory toxicant. Ranked as more hazardous than most chemicals in 4 out of 11 ranking systems.

Ammonia - Suspected gastrointestinal or liver toxicant, neurotoxicant, respiratory toxicant, and skin or sense organ toxicant. Ranked as one of the most hazardous compounds (worst 10%) to ecosystems.

Ammonium Chloride - Suspected cardiovascular or blood toxicant.

Ammonium Nitrate - decomposes on heating or on burning producing toxic fumes (nitrogen oxides). Eye, skin, and respiratory tract irritant. Suspected blood toxicant.

Barium - Suspected developmental toxicant, neurotoxicant, and respiratory toxicant.

Barium Chromate - Known carcinogen.

Bismuth - Suspected cardiovascular or blood toxicant, kidney toxicant, and skin or sense organ toxicant.

Boron - Suspected cardiovascular or blood toxicant, neurotoxicant, and respiratory toxicant.

Cadmium - Recognized carcinogen, developmental toxicant, and reproductive toxicant. It is a suspected cardiovascular or blood toxicant, endocrine toxicant, immunotoxicant, kidney toxicant, neurotoxicant, and respiratory toxicant. Ranked as one of the most hazardous compounds (worst 10%) to ecosystems and human health.

Carbon Dioxide - Suspected developmental toxicant, neurotoxicant, and reproductive toxicant.

Catechol - Suspected carcinogen, gastrointestinal or liver toxicant, neurotoxicant, and skin or sense organ toxicant.

Cesium - Suspected neurotoxicant.

Cobalt - Recognized carcinogen. It is a suspected cardiovascular or blood toxicant, gastrointestinal or liver toxicant, immunotoxicant, kidney toxicant, neurotoxicant, respiratory toxicant and skin or sense organ toxicant. Ranked as one of the most hazardous compounds (worst 10%) to human health.

Copper - Suspected cardiovascular or blood toxicant, developmental toxicant, gastrointestinal or liver toxicant, reproductive toxicant, and respiratory toxicant. Ranked as one of the most hazardous compounds (worst 10%) to human health.

Cupric Sulfate - Suspected cardiovascular or blood toxicant, gastrointestinal or liver toxicant, kidney toxicant, and neurotoxicant.

Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine - Suspected carcinogen, cardiovascular or liver toxicant, and neurotoxicant.

Dimethyl Acetamide - Suspected gastrointestinal or liver toxicant, and skin or sense organ toxicant.

Dimethyl Sulfoxide - Suspected cardiovascular or blood toxicant, and skin or sense organ toxicant.

Epoxy Resin - Suspected skin or sense organ toxicant.

Ethanol - Suspected carcinogen, cardiovascular or blood toxicant, developmental toxicant, endocrine toxicant, gastrointestinal or liver toxicant, neurotoxicant, respiratory toxicant, and skin or sense organ toxicant.

Ethylene Glycol - Suspected cardiovascular or blood toxicant, developmental toxicant, endocrine toxicant, gastrointestinal or liver toxicant, kidney toxicant, neurotoxicant, reproductive toxicant, respiratory toxicant, and skin or sense organ toxicant.

Ethylenediaminetetraacetate - Decomposes on heating, producing toxic fumes of nitrous oxides. Eye, skin, and respiratory irritant. May cause effects on the kidneys.

Ferric Chloride - This compound is a strong irritant to skin and tissue. When heated to decomposition it emits highly toxic fumes. It will react with water to produce toxic and corrosive fumes. Symptoms if inhaled include wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath, or burning in the mouth, throat, or chest.

Hexabromobenzene - More hazardous than most chemicals in 2 out of 2 ranking systems. Ranked as one of the most hazardous compounds (worst 10%) to human health.

Hexachlorobenzene - Known carcinogen and developmental toxicant. It is a suspected cardiovascular or blood toxicant, endocrine toxicant, gastrointestinal or liver toxicant, immunotoxicant, kidney toxicant, neurotoxicant, reproductive toxicant, and skin or sense organ toxicant. More hazardous than most chemicals in 13 or 14 ranking systems. Ranked as one of the most hazardous compounds (worst 10%) to ecosystems and human health.

Hexachlorocyclohexane - Recognized carcinogen. It is a suspected cardiovascular or blood toxicant, endocrine toxicant, gastrointestinal or liver toxicant, immunotoxicant, kidney toxicant, neurotoxicant, respiratory toxicant, and skin or sense organ toxicant.

Hexachloroethane - Recognized carcinogen. It is a suspected developmental toxicant, gastrointestinal or liver toxicant, kidney toxicant, neurotoxicant, reproductive toxicant, respiratory toxicant, and skin or sense organ toxicant. More hazardous than most chemicals in 11 out of 14 ranking systems.

Lead - Known carcinogen, developmental toxicant, and reproductive toxicant. Lead is a suspected Cardiovascular or blood toxicant, endocrine toxicant, gastrointestinal toxicant, immunotoxicant, kidney toxicant, neurotoxicant, repiratory toxicant, skin or sense organ toxicant. Ranked as one of the most hazardous compounds (worst 10%) to ecosystems and human health.

Lithium - Suspected kidney toxicant and neurotoxicant.

Liquid Propane - Suspected neurotoxicant.

Lithium Carbonate - Recognized developmental toxicant. It is a suspected cardiovascular or blood toxicant, endocrine toxicant, gastrointestinal or liver toxicant, neurotoxicant, and skin or sense organ toxicant.

Magnesium - Suspected respiratory toxicant.

Methanol - Suspected developmental toxicant, gastrointestinal or liver toxicant, neurotoxicant, respiratory toxicant, and skin or sense organ toxicant.

Nitroglycerine - Suspected carcinogen, cardiovascular or blood toxicant, gastrointestinal or liver toxicant, neurotoxicant, and respiratory toxicant. More hazardous than most chemicals in 6 out of 9 ranking systems.

Nitrosol - Suspected cardiovascular or blood toxicant, gastrointestinal or liver toxicant, kidney toxicant, neurotoxicant, and skin or sense organ toxicant. Ranked as one of the most hazardous compounds (worst 10%) to ecosystems and human health.

Organic Nitrates - Suspected cardiovascular or blood toxicants.

Pentabromobenzene - Suspected carcinogen and developmental toxicant.

Pentachlorobenzene - Suspected gastrointestinal or liver toxicant, kidney toxicant, and neurotoxicant. Ranked as one of the most hazardous compounds (worst 10%) to ecosystems and human health.

Phenol Formaldehyde Resin - Suspected immunotoxicant.

Potassium Iodide - Suspected cardiovascular or blood toxicant, and developmental toxicant.

Potassium Perchlorate - Suspected cardiovascular or blood toxicant.

Pyrrolidone - Suspected gastrointestinal toxicant.

Quinoxaline - Known carcinogen. Suspected gastrointestinal or liver toxicant.

Silver Iodide - Thermal decomposition may release corrosive hydrogen iodide. Acute exposure: No data available. Chronic exposure: No data available.

Sodium Chloride - Suspected cardiovascular or blood toxicant.

Sulphur - Skin, eye, and respiratory irritant. Pulmonary function may be reduced. Trachiobronchitis is a frequent occurrence. Chronic bronchitis and chronic sinus effects. Bronchopulmonary disease may occur, complicated by emphysema. Asthma is a frequent complication.

Xylene (Shellac) - May cause Irritation of the skin, eyes, nose, and throat; difficulty in breathing; impaired function of the lungs; delayed response to a visual stimulus; or impaired memory.

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Ever wondered why the sky is overcast nearly every day, why people are coughing and getting sick, and why everything on the news is suddenly a crisis? Don't Talk About the Weather chronicles a grass-roots investigation into chemtrails, analyzing the different and contradictory official explanations, as well as uncovering official documents that prove chemtrails are not only real, but are a WEAPONS SYSTEM. It also examines media involvement, including subliminals and counter-intelligence, and links the subject to an all-encompassing political agenda. There should be something new here for anyone who sticks with it, as each section takes a different perspective. Information is presented to provoke intelligent and peaceful debate.

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* * In 1965 a low flying military plane sprayed a 32 mile trail of germs, germs that cause
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Shocking Phoenix Air Quality Test Results

cadmium is 126x the toxic limit,
chromium is 282x the toxic limit and
nickel is 169x the toxic limit.
aluminum is a stagg 6,400x the toxic limit,
iron is 28,000x the toxic limit,
magnesium is 5.3x the toxic limit,
potassium is 793x the toxic limit and
sodium is 15.9x the toxic limit
barium is 278x the toxic limit,
copper is 98x the toxic limit,
manganese is a staggering
5,820x the toxic limit
zinc is 593x the toxic limit

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(NaturalNews) The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has given care giant Kaiser Permanente over $300,000 to test and interview 150 to 500 patients suffering from Morgellons Disease. The study will be done in northern California where many Morgellons patients live.

Prior to this news, people had written off the disease as a hoax or the result of hypochondria. But recent evidence suggests that the disease is indeed real, and may be related to genetically modified (GM) food.

Vitaly Citovsky is a professor of molecular and cell biology at Stony Brook University in New York (SUNY). He is a world authority on the genetic modification of cells by Agrobacterium, a soil bacterium causing crown gall disease in plants, that has been widely used in creating genetically modified (GM) plants since the 1980s because of its ability to transfer a piece of its genetic material, the T-DNA on its tumour-inducing (Ti) plasmid to the plant genome (see later for details).

Citovsky's team took scanning electron microscope pictures of the fibres in or extruding from the skin of patients suffering from Morgellons disease, confirming that they are unlike any ordinary natural or synthetic fibres (see Fig. 1, assembled from Citovsky's website [8]).

Figure 1. Scanning electron microscope images of fibres from skin biopsies of patients with Morgellons Disease - a, white fibre with calcite, scale bar 10 mm; b, green fibre with alumina 'rock' protruding, scale bar 20 mm; c, various ribbon-like, cylindrical and faceted fibres all coated with minerals, scale bar 10 mm; d, skin lesion with fibres stabbing through the epidermis, scale bar 300 mm

They also analysed patients for Agrobacterium DNA. Skin biopsy samples from Morgellons patients were subjected to high-stringency polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for genes encoded by the Agrobacterium chromosome and also for Agrobacterium virulence (vir) genes and T-DNA on its Ti plasmid. They found that "all Morgellons patients screened to date have tested positive for the presence of Agrobacterium, whereas this microorganism has not been detected in any of the samples derived from the control, healthy individuals." Their preliminary conclusion is that "Agrobacterium may be involved in the etiology and/or progression" of Morgellons Disease.

The unpublished findings have been posted on a website [8] since January 2007. They were further publicized in the "first ever" Morgellons conference in Austin Texas, attended by 100 in March 2008 [9]. A growing list of people are registered with Morgellons Disease, totalling 12 106 worldwide recorded by Morgellons Research Foundation [3], as of 12 April 2008.

San Francisco physician, Raphael Stricker, one of only a few doctors who believe the disease is real, said [9]. "There's almost always some history of exposure to dirt basically either from gardening or camping or something." He is one of the co-authors on the Agrobacterium research done in SUNY, which reported finding Agrobacterium DNA in all 5 Morgellons patients studied. Stricker suggests it is transmitted by ticks, like Lyme disease, and in a recent survey of 44 Morgellons patients in San Francisco, 43 of them also tested positive for the bacterium causing Lyme disease. Another factor consistent with Agrobacterium being a causative agent, if not the causative agent, is that when patients are treated with antibacterials for their Lyme disease, remission of Morgellons symptoms is seen in most of them [6].

Stricker also told his audience that Agrobacterium lives in the soil, and is known to cause infections in animals and human beings with compromised immune systems. It can cause skin lesions when injected into Swiss mice, a strain that is immune deficient, he said.

At this point, the findings on the Agrobacterium connection are still preliminary, as only seven patients have been studied. Nevertheless, the implications are far-reaching if this connection is confirmed, as existing evidence (reviewed below) suggests a link between Agrobacterium and genetic engineering in the creation of new disease agents, and it is paramount for the CDC investigation to include this aspect, if only to rule it out.