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The Precautionary Principle
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is a Reportable Disease
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Diseases
What is Mycobacterium avium
Paratuberculosis
Research
La Presse, April
8, 2001, Never in My Milk? by Marie France Coutu
The Canadian Media
Canadian Medical and Government
Canadian Veterinary
CTV
News Report, September 4th, 2001, Researchers Link Cow's Milk to
Crohn's Disease
Let's Talk
Taking Action
The Message
Board
Live
Chatroom
Link To Us
Does Mycobacterium Paratuberculosis
cause Crohn's disease by Alan Kennedy
(PARA) PARATUBERCULOSIS AWARENESS & RESEARCH
ASS.,INC
International
Ass. for Paratuberculosis Copyright © 1999-2001
Crohn's Disease Info Center by Dr.
Ira Shafran
The
Johne's Information Center
History
of Early Research on Crohn's disease
Regional
Ileitis by Dr. B. Crohn
Got Milk? by Michael Greger,
MD Updated January 2001
THE CROHN'S CONNECTION
by Lisa Chamberlain
Dire
Warnings About Johne’s
Disease A wake-up call for the dairy industry? January 1998, University
of Wisconsin, School of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Chiodini's Tables
American and European Links
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The
Canadian Movement Against Paratuberculosis
or MAP-Canada is a non-profit grassroots movement made up
of and operated by Canadian patients with Crohn's disease,
their family and friends, and all Canadians who are alarmed
by the uncontrolled spread of Mycobacterium avium Paratuberculosis
(Map) in the environment, as well as the growing evidence
linking this bacterium to Crohn's disease. The mission of
MAP-Canada is the complete eradication of Paratuberculosis
from the Canadian food chain and conclusive determination
of its role in the cause of Crohn's disease.
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To accomplish
our mission, MAP-Canada strongly urges the Government
of Canada to adopt the following recommendations:
1.
Inform Canadians of the evidence linking Crohn's disease
to
Paratuberculosis (MAP) and Johne's disease in animals
and immediately institute The Precautionary Principle.
2. Take immediate steps to determine the present level
of
Paratuberculosis in milk on the retail level, as
other countries have.
3. Put Johne's disease,on the Reportable Diseases list,
to eliminate these sick cattle from being used for human
consumption, as other countries are in the process of
doing and finally funding for research regarding the link
between Johne's disease in cattle (MAP) and Crohn's disease
is imperative.
As long as the bacterium Paratuberculosis from
Johne's disease infected cattle is not made a priority
for research in the possible link to Crohn's disease and
is left unchecked hundreds of thousands, maybe millions
are at risk.
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We
would like to express our most heartfelt gratitude to Dr.
Djuro Palaic of Pierrefonds
Quebec,
for agreeing to act as medical consultant for MAP-Canada.
Dr. Palaic is
Professor
of Pharmacology at the University of Montreal as well as a
family physician
whose
practice includes numerous patients with Crohn’s disease.
His courage in openly
supporting
the mission and goals of MAP-Canada is greatly appreciated
and is an
inspiration
to all. We invite other physicians, veterinarians and scientists
who feel strongly
that
there is an urgent need for action to address the evidence
pointing to a link between
Paratuberculosis
and Crohn’s disease, to join us so that together we may bring
pressure
to
bear on the government of Canada.
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MAP-Canada
would like to extend a sincere thank you to a number of persons
and
organizations
that directly through assistance and encouragement or indirectly
through
authorizations,
have made this site possible. In particular, we wish to thank
Professor
Hermon-Taylor,
Dr. Rodrick Chiodini, Dr. Michael Greger, Karen Meyer and
Cheryl Miller
of
PARA, Marie france Coutu, La Presse of Montreal, Lisa Chamberlain
of the Cleveland
Free
Times, Martine Hessler, Tim Sinodhinos and Yanik Chicoine.
A debt of gratitude is
owed
to Alan Kennedy and Dr. Michael Collins whose excellent websites
made our task
manageable.
And most importantly, we thank all Crohn’s survivors as well
as the scientists
who
have steadfastly and against much opposition, slowly exposed
the evidence pointing
to
an infectious aetiology of Crohn’s disease, for teaching us
the meaning of courage and perseverance.
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