There is a wealth of information in this article.

"It may be that 20 to 40 percent of the cattle carry Giardia," Derlet said in a presentation earlier this year, citing other studies.

"Each infected cow can shed enough cysts -- it takes only 10 cysts to get sick -- to infect the entire city of Los Angeles. That's each day. That is an incredible weapon of mass destruction."


Maybe Monty Python got it right. (would have edited it down to the cowtapult - but I don't know how).

"Both Derlet and Goldman envision a solution in their proposed string of five new national parks stretching 6,000 square miles across the high Sierra. They have even named those dreams: Eureka National Park, Lake Tahoe National Park, Mokelumne National Park, John Muir National Park and Golden Trout National Park."

Now that is a terrific idea.


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