He claims that BSE and CJD clusters occur in Iceland, USA, Slovakia, and Sardinia where there is an imbalance of these metals and ultraviolet levels are high. Work at Cambridge is supposed to have shown that prion proteins that have been depleted of copper and loaded with manganese are converted to BSE prions. Of course this kind of conspiracy theory approach to blaming mineral imbalances for serious diseases is not novel. Klevay has been trying to blame coronary heart disease on an imbalance of zinc and copper for decades. He has never been taken seriously.
Much more evidence is required.
Guardian Weekly US life expectancy rose 50 per cent last century Life expectancy at birth rose from around 49 years in 1900 to 76 years in 1998. In their first year. When we bewail the rise of degenerative diseases, we should remember that part of the rise is due to greater numbers of people reaching ages where cancer and other diseases usually occur. In their first year. When we bewail the rise of degenerative diseases, we should remember that part of the rise is due to greater numbers of people reaching ages where cancer and other diseases usually occur.