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Posted on 04/18/2006 11:09:45 PM PDT by nwctwx
Experts dismiss scare over bird flu
By DIANE CHUN
Sun staff writer
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{Gary}Butcher has been an extension veterinarian at the University of Florida's College of Veterinary Medicine since 1988. He was trained as a veterinarian specializing in avian diseases, and has a Ph.D. in poultry virology.
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Lately, he's been traveling the world, speaking to alarmed government officials and industry groups dispelling the myths and reinforcing the realities of avian influenza or so-called "bird flu."
Gary Butcher begins his presentation with a slide that shows a "news flash" from the British press agency Reuters reporting that avian flu "poses the single biggest threat to the world right now."
The H5N1 avian flu virus has led to the death of 150 million birds, either through infection or culling to prevent the virus from spreading. So far, however, the number of people who have become infected remains small, with 121 confirmed illnesses and 62 reported fatalities as of Monday. No one has yet been proven to have given avian influenza to someone else.
The World Health Organization continues to warn that a human pandemic may occur and has advised national governments to make contingency plans. President Bush is expected to announce today the White House strategy for handling a potential pandemic during a visit to the National Institutes of Health.
"The emphasis of all my work has changed to dealing with this madness," Butcher said Friday, while briefly back at his office on the UF campus in Gainesville. "Realistically, avian influenza is not a threat to people, but everywhere you go, it has turned into a circus."
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The poultry industries in those countries have been greatly disrupted because of the public's flu fear. In countries where poultry consumption has dropped by 75 percent, it's a real crisis, Butcher said. So from an economic perspective, bird flu is a big issue.
Millions of chickens and waterfowl have been slaughtered in Asia in an attempt to halt the spread of the bird virus known as H5N1, but Butcher said that of the billions of people who have probably been exposed, only about 120 have been reported to have fallen ill with avian flu. They were people who worked closely with chickens and came into contact with the birds' blood and feces.
Butcher also said that there has yet to be a proven case in which one person is known to have passed the illness on to another.
Bird flu viruses have been around throughout history, he said. What is unique about the H5N1 strain is that, on rare occasions, it has shown the ability to infect humans.
"It is very inefficient, but it does manage," Butcher said.
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Not all health officials are sounding a warning about avian influenza, either.
Dr. Marc Siegel, a practicing internist and associate professor of medicine at the New York University School of Medicine, is one physician who isn't buying into the scare scenario.
"If anything is contagious right now, it's judgment clouded by fear," Siegel said.
And if Americans are scared of avian flu now, Siegel continues, "imagine what will happen if a single scrawny, flu-ridden migratory bird somehow manages to reach our shores."
That, he maintains, is how the fear epidemic - as opposed to a flu pandemic - spreads.
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Because the United States exports about one-third of the 9 billion poultry produced, if potentially dangerous disease turns up, there is a policy of zero tolerance.
"Other countries would not accept poultry from anywhere in the United States if there was any question of infection," Butcher said.
http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051101/LOCAL/51101021/1078/news
It always beats you up, lol. You are always getting bashed, knocked flat, smashed, etc!
Yep, they're cute. I enjoy them, lol.
| Calif. Episcopalians Elect New Bishop, Rejecting 3 Openly Gay Candidates and Averting Showdown | ||||
By KIM CURTIS, Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO -- The Episcopal Diocese of California averted another churchwide showdown over the role of gays in their denomination when delegates rejected three openly gay candidates for bishop Saturday. The diocese chose the Rt. Rev. Mark Handley Andrus of Birmingham, Ala., on the third ballot to replace the retiring Rev. William Swing. None of the gay candidates received more than a handful of votes. The packed Grace Cathedral erupted with cheering and applause when the announcement was made. The vote was closely watched by Episcopalians across the nation and their fellow Anglicans worldwide, who have been struggling to remain unified despite deep differences over gay clergy. The 77 million-member Anglican Communion, represented in the United States by the Episcopal Church, is still reeling from the 2003 election of the first openly gay Episcopal bishop _ V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire. Episcopalians differ over whether the Bible permits ordaining gays but agreed that choosing a second leader in a same-sex relationship would severely damage relations within the global Communion. In 2004, Anglican leaders trying to keep the Communion from splitting asked the U.S. church for a temporary moratorium on electing gay bishops. Those supporting a greater role for gays and lesbians believe it is unfair to ask them to wait, and they question whether any reconciliation can occur when opposing sides have such conflicting views of Scripture. Andrus emerged as the favorite among clergy delegates in the first ballot and quickly drew the support of lay voters in subsequent ballots. After four hours, he ended up with 72 percent of the clergy vote and about 55 percent of the lay vote. The openly gay candidates were the Rev. Canon Michael Barlowe of San Francisco, the Very Rev. Robert Taylor of Seattle and the Rev. Bonnie Perry of Chicago. Perry withdrew her candidacy before the final vote. All three have same-sex partners. Andrus, who has served as bishop suffragan in the Diocese of Alabama since 2001, received his master's of divinity in 1987 from the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Va. He is married and has two college-age daughters. In a statement to California Episcopalians prior to his election, he said he found them "people of passion and energy, commitment, faith and humor. You are able to appreciate yourselves, and be self-critical, both rare qualities." Nearly 600 delegates gathered for the election. The Anglican Communion is made up of religious bodies that trace their roots to the Church of England. The Communion is led by the archbishop of Canterbury. Before he is installed as bishop, Andrus must get approval from the denomination's top legislative body, the General Convention, which is set to meet June 13-21 in Columbus, Ohio. Delegates have a long history of deferring to dioceses' choice of leader. |
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http://www.wtop.com/?nid=25&sid=783431
(WTOP;AP)
"Suspect in Custody in Connection to Bomb Threat"
May 6th - 6:36am
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "WASHINGTON - A suspect is now in custody in connection to an alleged bomb threat that shutdown the Capital Beltway earlier on Saturday.
According to Maryland State Police, a passenger aboard a tour bus received a phone call from someone claiming a bomb was on board.
That passenger alerted the driver, who pulled the bus over on Inner Loop near University Boulevard.A second bus, part of the convoy, also pulled over.
Investigators didn't find any evidence of explosives, but they were able to trace the call to a Postal Facility in Merrifield, Virginia, where the arrest was made."
Thanks for the post Smartass.
They are foreigners: what a surprise.
Five men taken into custody at Newark airport
Sun May 7, 2006 4:04 AM IST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Five foreign-born male passengers on an American Airlines flight were taken into custody on Saturday after the plane landed at Newark Liberty International Airport, authorities said.
An air marshal aboard the flight from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport notified the pilot during the flight that he was suspicious of the five men, said Marc LaVorgna, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airports.
"The pilot asked for a discreet frequency because the foreign nationals were acting suspicious aboard the aircraft," said Holly Baker, spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration.
One of the male passengers had a "navigational kit," said another passenger interviewed by New York radio station WINS.
The MD-82 plane, flight 1874 with 121 passengers and a crew of five, landed at 3:20 p.m. EDT without incident and Port Authority police took the five men into custody, LaVorgna said.
He said that the FBI was contacted and were questioning the five men. "The FBI is in charge of the case."
Officials at both the FBI and the Transportation Security Administration were unavailable for comment.
LaVorgna could not provide any details as to why the men were considered suspicious or what prompted the air marshal to be concerned about their behavior.
All of the other passengers were released shortly before 4 p.m. EDT.
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-05-07T035730Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-248043-1.xml
THANKS Donna for that update.
JIHAD this, that and propaganda has been way up lately.
I wonder if these guys were inspired by it all?
Anyway, updates appreciated.
US annual revenue per poultry processing employee is $140,000
The US poultry-processing industry comprises about 300 companies with combined annual revenue of $40 billion.
of http://www.poultex.com/news.asp?article=834
Russia will take US chicken despite ban
02 May 2006 10:18:32 GMT
Russia will accept American chicken shipments leaving U.S. ports by May 8 despite a new import ban, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns has said.
Russia's government has temporarily cancelled licenses for all poultry shipments because of import violations, a move that took Johanns and the Bush administration by surprise. "I was extremely disappointed by the Russian action; there literally was no pre-notification," said Johanns. "This kind of action is an enormous disruption in terms of our trade relationship, and we are doing everything we can to minimize that disruption."
Poultry sales to Russia, the biggest foreign buyer of U.S. chicken, are worth more than $600 million annually, Johanns said. Overall, the U.S. industry is worth about $29 billion and sells about 14 percent of its products to foreign countries.
Johanns said he understands that Russia will admit poultry products departing seaports before May 8. Analysts have said overall poultry sales in the U.S. could drop by 5 percent because of Russia's restrictions. Russia's Agriculture Ministry said the cancellation was temporary and that new licenses would be issued within two weeks.
However, Russian poultry farmers have been calling for import restrictions, and the Russian government recently announced a 30 percent cut in imports to help farmers cope with consumer worries about bird flu.
Source: Associated Press
http://www.poultex.com/news.asp?article=1140
Thanks for the post jer33 3.
**U.S. Mass Transit on Alert (5/3/06)**
Thank you, all4one.
Here is the familiar refrain: detainees released and "no real cause for alarm" cited
Men Detained At Newark Airport Released
POSTED: 2:13 pm PDT May 6, 2006
UPDATED: 4:06 pm PDT May 6, 2006
NEWARK, N.J. -- Five men who had been detained Saturday afternoon after an American Airlines plane landed at Newark Liberty International Airport were released by Saturday evening, federal officials told WNBC in New York.
There is "no real cause for alarm," said a homeland security official.
By Saturday evening, there was still no official comment on why the men were detained. But the men had all been all reading helicopter flight manuals onboard the plane, which raised suspicions of flight attendants, passengers and air marshals.
The plane was en route from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
http://www.ktvu.com/news/9171627/detail.html
Foreign aviation students briefly detained after flight
Associated Press
5/6/06
NEWARK, N.J. - Five airline passengers speaking in foreign languages and carrying "aircraft flight materials" were briefly detained Saturday until authorities determined they were simply returning to their home countries after attending helicopter training school in Texas.
Fellow passengers on American Airlines Flight 1874, which had departed from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, became suspicious of the men, said Steven Siegel, a spokesman for the FBI's Newark office.
A federal marshal on the plane notified authorities at Newark Liberty International Airport about the men's behavior.
The men - identified only as four Angolan military personnel and an Israeli - had attended helicopter training school in Texas, Siegel said.
Police officers from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the airport, took the men into custody soon after the plane landed around 3:20 p.m., said a Port Authority spokesman.
After being questioned by authorities, the men were released around 6 p.m., Siegel said.
The plane was carrying 121 passengers and five crew members. All other passengers had been released.
http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/state/14518933.htm
Interesting summary of the UK bombings:
The real story of 7/7
It was England's worst terrorist attack, killing 52 people and injuring more than 700. This week, the Home Office publishes its official account of the London suicide bombings of 7 July. Using police and intelligence records, Mark Townsend presents the definitive account of how four friends from northern England changed the face of western terrorism
Sunday May 7, 2006
The Observer
3am Hasib Hussain rolls sleepily from the sofa in the living room of his parents' home in Holbeck, Leeds. Dressed in the grey T-shirt, jeans and trainers that would become familiar to millions, the 18-year-old wanders through the red-bricked terraces of Beeston and waits outside the front door of his best friend, Shehzad Tanweer.
More here- http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,1769440,00.html
Sunday, May 07, 2006
US accuses militants of using video games in youth appeal
By David Morgan
Tech-savvy militants from Al Qaeda and other groups have modified video war games so that US troops play the role of bad guys in running gunfights against heavily armed Islamic radical heroes
THE makers of combat video games have unwittingly become part of a global propaganda campaign by militants to exhort Muslim youths to take up arms against the United States, officials said on Thursday.
Tech-savvy militants from Al Qaeda and other groups have modified video war games so that US troops play the role of bad guys in running gunfights against heavily armed Islamic radical heroes, Defence Department official and contractors told Congress.
The games appear on militant websites, where youths as young as 7 can play at being troop-killing urban guerrillas after registering with the site’s sponsors.
“What we have seen is that any video game that comes out ... they’ll modify it and change the game for their needs,” said Dan Devlin, a Defence Department public diplomacy specialist.
Devlin spoke before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, at which contractors from San Diego-based Science Applications International Corp, or SAIC, gave lawmakers a presentation that focused on Iraq as an engine for Islamic militant propaganda from Indonesia to Turkey and Chechnya.
SAIC has a $7 million Defence Department contract to monitor 1,500 militant websites that provide Al Qaeda and other militant organisations with a main venue for communications, fund-raising, recruitment and training.
The sites use a variety of emotionally charged content, from images of real US soldiers being hit by snipers in Iraq to video-recordings of American televangelists including Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell making disparaging remarks about Islam.
‘Infidels came to my village’: The underlying propaganda message, officials say, is that the United States is waging a crusade against Islam in order to control Middle Eastern oil, and that Muslims should fight to protect Islam from humiliation.
One of the latest video games modified by militants is the popular “Battlefield 2” from leading video game publisher, Electronic Arts Inc. of Redwood City, California.
Jeff Brown, a spokesman for Electronic Arts, said enthuisasts often write software modifications, known as “mods”, to video games. “Millions of people create mods on games around the world,” he said. “We have absolutely no control over them. It’s like drawing a mustache on a picture.”
“Battlefield 2” ordinarily shows US troops engaging forces from China or a united Middle East coalition. But in a modified video trailer posted on Islamic websites and shown to lawmakers, the game depicts a man in Arab headdress carrying an automatic weapon into combat with US invaders. “I was just a boy when the infidels came to my village in Blackhawk helicopters,” a narrator’s voice said as the screen flashed between images of street-level gunfights, explosions and helicopter assaults.
Then came a recording of President George W Bush’s Sept 16, 2001, statement: “This crusade, this war on terrorism, is going to take a while.” It was edited to repeat the word “crusade”, which Muslims often define as an attack on Islam by Christianity.
Two militant videos were also pointed out to lawmakers including one called “Lion of Falluja,” the city in Iraqi’s violent Anbar province that has long been seen as a symbol of militant resistance.
Critics of the US video game industry have long blamed the products for violence among American teenagers in civilian society, including high-profile shootings at public schools. SAIC executive Eric Michael said researchers suspect Islamic militants are using video games to train recruits and condition youth to attack US-led coalition forces in Iraq.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C05%5C07%5Cstory_7-5-2006_pg4_9
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A top U.S. counterterrorism official said Saturday that parts of Pakistan are a "safe haven" for militants and Osama bin Laden was more likely to be hiding there than in Afghanistan.
Henry Crumpton, the U.S. ambassador in charge of counterterrorism, lauded Pakistan for arresting "hundreds and hundreds" of al-Qaida figures but said it needed to do more.
"Has Pakistan done enough? I think the answer is no. I have conveyed that to them, other U.S. officials have conveyed that to them," he told reporters at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul after talks with Afghan officials.
The chief spokesman for Pakistan's army, Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan, dismissed Crumpton's assertion that Islamabad was not doing enough.
"It is totally absurd," he said. "No one has conveyed this thing to Pakistan, and if someone claims so, it is absurd."
Crumpton said U.S. officials continue to believe that bin Laden is somewhere along the Afghan-Pakistani border, and was more likely to be on the Pakistani side.
"If we knew exactly where bin Laden was, we'd go get him," Crumpton said. "But we're very confident he's along the Pakistan-Afghan border somewhere," he said.
He added that there was a "higher probability" that the al-Qaida leader was hiding on the Pakistan side.
Crumpton also gave Islamabad credit for last year's capture of a top al-Qaida strategist with a $5 million bounty on his head.
U.S. and Pakistani officials said earlier this week that Mustafa Setmarian Nasar was arrested in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta in November. Crumpton said that this showed that Pakistan is working to arrest al-Qaida leaders.
Pakistan has launched repeated counterterrorism operations in its lawless tribal regions close to the Afghan border over the past two years, in which hundreds of militants and soldiers have died.
"Our expectation is that they will continue to make progress, and we know that it's difficult," he said. Pakistan "can't remain a safe haven for enemy forces, and right now parts of Pakistan are indeed that."
A senior security official in Islamabad said that Crumpton, during meetings with Pakistani intelligence and government officials this week, praised Pakistan for its efforts to hunt down militants.
"I am surprised that he praised us here, and is saying something else in Kabul," the official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the record.
The official added that Gen. John Abizaid, the chief of the U.S. Central Command, also thanked Pakistan when he met with Pakistani leader Gen. Pervez Musharraf on Thursday.
Separately, gunmen on a motorcycle killed a former regional Taliban leader who switched allegiances after the hard-line regime was ousted in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, police said.
Mullah Samad Barakzai, who was head of the Department for Promotion of Virtue And Prevention of Vice in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province during the Taliban's hard-line rule, was standing near a seminary in Quetta when he was attacked, local police chief Qazi Abdul Wahid said.
He said Barakzai, also known as Maulvi Yar Mohammed, had been living in Pakistan since the Taliban regime was ousted in late 2001 as a result of U.S.-led attacks.
The man had distanced himself from the Taliban and become a supporter of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government, Wahid said.
"It seems that he has been killed by Taliban," he told The Associated Press.
Associated Press reporter Munir Ahmad in Islamabad, Pakistan, contributed to this report.
Well that's interesting MamaD. A Uzbekistan/Canadian/Turkish connection. He gets around. Thanks for posting.
www.manawatustandard.co.nz
SIS eyes Massey for terror threats
SUNDAY , 07 MAY 2006
By CAITLIN MCKAY
Government spies are concerned that terrorists could be brewing trouble in Massey University's science labs.
Vice Chancellor Judith Kinnear and top science faculty staff met Security Intelligence Service director Richard Woods on April 3 to discuss how rogue students could be using Massey's research facilities.
Prof Kinnear said the meeting was to ensure students weren't making "anthrax in a can", although she made light of the situation at the university's monthly council meeting yesterday.
She could not be reached for comment afterwards, but university chancellor Nigel Gould said any university with an international standing could expect to come under scrutiny from security agencies. He said the SIS was not targeting individual students or specific groups such as overseas students.
The SIS, which advises the Government on national security issues, was likely tipped off about the potential threat from an overseas security bureau such as the CIA, prominent investigative journalist Nicky Hager told the Manawatu Standard yesterday.
Mr Hager said a university could be seen as a legitimate place to pursue people.
"It is unusual that Massey is meeting with the SIS. However, some students could be seen as a security threat."
Mr Hager said Victoria University had an informal agreement with the SIS during the Cold War to keep agents off campus grounds or mixing with students.
"It caused a big stir."
About 140 people work at the SIS, Mr Hager said.
"People don't think too much about security in New Zealand. This is a good thing."
He said New Zealand isn't a terrorist hotspot.
"The SIS tend to make work for themselves."
A Massey University researcher, who would not be named, believe students studying microbiology and bio-technology are on an SIS watchlist.
The Manawatu Standard tried to contact the SIS to discuss the matter. An SIS staffer said she would find someone to return the call, but it was not returned.
Massey University Students' Association president Paul Falloon warned students to "watch their back".
"Spying on students is ridiculous. Who are the SIS trying to protect?"
Mr Falloon said Government paranoia is indicative of world trends and America's "war on terror".
"I know some university staff who have been contacted by the FBI for things they've said.
"This is a threat to free speech and academic freedom. What is next? Cameras everywhere?"
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/print/0,1478,3660479a6003,00.html
Sniffer bees: New flying squad in war against terror
By Martin Hodgson
Published: 07 May 2006
Terrorists, beware the ultimate sting: a British company has developed a device to detect explosives at airports with the help of specially trained honey bees.
In remarkable field trials completed this week, scientists have harnessed the insect's powerful sense of smell to track down samples of TNT, Semtex, gunpowder and other explosives hidden in shipments passing through a busy cargo airport.
The project is the result of five years of government-funded research carried out by scientists from Rothamsted Research Centre in Hertfordshire.
The prototype under trial consisted of a shoebox-sized device nicknamed the "buzz box", containing three trained bees harnessed into a removable drawer. An electric fan draws air into the box, while a video camera records the bees' response, which can alert the handler to even the faintest trace of explosives.
According to the researchers, bees are able to detect the scent of explosives at concentrations as low as two parts per trillion. "It's the equivalent of finding a grain of sand in a swimming pool," said Rachael Carson, general manager of Inscentinel, the company behind the research.
"If you give them the smell, and then reward them with a sugar solution, they quickly make the association between the smell and the food," she said.
After training, bees will react to even the smallest trace of an explosive by extending their tongue-like proboscis in anticipation of food. "It's like Pavlov's dogs salivating at the sound of a bell," Ms Carson added.
Unlike dogs, however, bees are quick to learn, and relatively cheap to maintain. Furthermore, the insects do not need a dedicated handler and cannot be distracted from their task.
Inscentinel now hopes to produce a commercially available bee-powered bomb detector within two years. According to Ms Carson, the "buzz box" could also be used to search for drugs and contraband tobacco, but Inscentinel is also exploring various non-security-related applications.
The device could, for instance, be used to monitor food quality or even to detect changes in blood or urine caused by illness. A separate trial has been launched in conjunction with the London School of Tropical Medicine into the possibility of detecting signs of tuberculosis in a patient's breath, Ms Carson said.
Richard Jones, the director of the International Bee Research Association, said that although bees can be trained, the experience of being strapped into a box could well distort their reactions. "Any animal under stress will behave differently. I think you'd be better off with a spaniel," he said.
There is another potential sting in the tail, too: certain natural compounds would cause any bee to react, even if it had received counter-explosives training. "That could be a problem if someone was carrying lots of honey," said Inscentinel director Stephen James.
Terrorists, beware the ultimate sting: a British company has developed a device to detect explosives at airports with the help of specially trained honey bees.
In remarkable field trials completed this week, scientists have harnessed the insect's powerful sense of smell to track down samples of TNT, Semtex, gunpowder and other explosives hidden in shipments passing through a busy cargo airport.
The project is the result of five years of government-funded research carried out by scientists from Rothamsted Research Centre in Hertfordshire.
The prototype under trial consisted of a shoebox-sized device nicknamed the "buzz box", containing three trained bees harnessed into a removable drawer. An electric fan draws air into the box, while a video camera records the bees' response, which can alert the handler to even the faintest trace of explosives.
According to the researchers, bees are able to detect the scent of explosives at concentrations as low as two parts per trillion. "It's the equivalent of finding a grain of sand in a swimming pool," said Rachael Carson, general manager of Inscentinel, the company behind the research.
"If you give them the smell, and then reward them with a sugar solution, they quickly make the association between the smell and the food," she said.
After training, bees will react to even the smallest trace of an explosive by extending their tongue-like proboscis in anticipation of food. "It's like Pavlov's dogs salivating at the sound of a bell," Ms Carson added.
Unlike dogs, however, bees are quick to learn, and relatively cheap to maintain. Furthermore, the insects do not need a dedicated handler and cannot be distracted from their task.
Inscentinel now hopes to produce a commercially available bee-powered bomb detector within two years. According to Ms Carson, the "buzz box" could also be used to search for drugs and contraband tobacco, but Inscentinel is also exploring various non-security-related applications.
The device could, for instance, be used to monitor food quality or even to detect changes in blood or urine caused by illness. A separate trial has been launched in conjunction with the London School of Tropical Medicine into the possibility of detecting signs of tuberculosis in a patient's breath, Ms Carson said.
Richard Jones, the director of the International Bee Research Association, said that although bees can be trained, the experience of being strapped into a box could well distort their reactions. "Any animal under stress will behave differently. I think you'd be better off with a spaniel," he said.
There is another potential sting in the tail, too: certain natural compounds would cause any bee to react, even if it had received counter-explosives training. "That could be a problem if someone was carrying lots of honey," said Inscentinel director Stephen James.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/article362538.ece
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