"Blood Money" TV programmes about US blood companies not to be viewed in public

RTE NEWS ^ | Friday, July 7 2000 | Staff

[adanaC]

These articles explain how major media and television were trying to alert the public in the mid 1970s to the danger of hepatitis in our blood supply, but health authorities in Ireland and Canada ignored this to save money. It shows how our governments shredded proof to cover their own hides. The ones who have paid for this tragedy are victims who were transfused. The costs have been lives. Some still survive to tell the story.

[lelio]

Here's a page about Clinton's Arkansas blood scandal in which prisioner's plasma was harvested and sold. Michael Sullivan's book _Blood Trail_ is about it.
According to this search on google there's a bunch of links (one of which mentions FR) but I can't pull up the seark.net link; the cache works though.

[adanaC]

Thanks lelio

I do have the book Blood Trail. I forgot to put the link to it.

 

(Early 70s) Poisoned blood left thousands to suffer unaided
with transcripts from an embargoed Canadian 1976 fifth Estate TV show "Bad Blood".

[Jen]

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[T'wit]

> seark.net link;

Probably Budge's old site. Budge, that so? How's the new one with Askel5 coming along?

[T'wit]

Note also that Armour reissued a product already thought to be inferior or dangerous.

We are so used to product recalls for the slightest safety reason that we can hardly imagine the irresponsible practices of the blood trade. Yet the truth is, both government and corporate bureaucrats consistently put money before public health. Blood products are costly to make and command a huge mark-up. Therefore, the bad stuff was almost always used instead of being thrown out. In one case I recall, blood known to be contaminated and banned for Canadian use, was simply sold overseas. It spread death and disease through several countries.

[T'wit]

The way you're jumping around there, it looks as if a bee got under your, um, outer garments :-)

[Jen]

That's what keeps me yelling!

[T'wit]

:-)

Thanks for your efforts on behalf of Freepland.

[T'wit]

> I forgot to put the link to it.

I'm not sure there is one. The book apparently was remaindered, i.e., sold for pennies on the dollar to be remarketed in discount places. I have a few copies if any of the 'Hounds needs one. Mike Galster and an associate may have a supply. Budge could ask him, if it's of interest.

It's a heckuva good book. We think Galster did better thinking on this than, oh, Ken Starr.

[lelio]

Are you talking about Blood Trail? Amazon says that it has 2 in stock and can get more. $20.

[T'wit]

> Are you talking about Blood Trail?

Yes. $20 is original list price. I can do better than that -- for a Bloodhound!

But I still have reason to believe that the main supply of the book was remaindered. Quite a few were printed. I can inquire, if it matters.

[Askel5]

How's the new one with Askel5 coming along?

I was about 1/2-way through saving hard copies of what's still up when I got a wild hair for the Catholic FReeper get-together in New Orleans. I'll be back on the trail in a fortnight.

[Askel5]

Thank you, adanaC.

I'd probably get banned for writing what I'm thinking so I'll leave it at that for now.

[Askel5]

you can be sure that Washington spin doctors are going to find a way to say that this is Saddam's fault. Their NWO lackeys had the gall to say that it was Milosevic's fault that NATO was dropping depleted uranium on Yugoslavia

Nothing like the Blood Trail to drive home how profitable are the relationships between Government and the purveyors of death, fear and population control.

[T'wit]

> I got a wild hair for the Catholic FReeper get-together in New Orleans.

Great! I'd love to hear how that went/goes :-)

> I'll be back on the trail in a fortnight.

Thanks much. Budge reports computer problems now anyway, but will also be ready in a bit. Both of you let me know how I can help, and keep me posted. I probably have nearly all the old files on disk somewhere. How -- and when -- to get at them is another matter!

[Askel5]

Great! I'd love to hear how that went/goes :-)

It's the 16th. I'll be sure to let you know how it went.

[T'wit]

> I'd probably get banned for writing what I'm thinking

<vbg>

[T'wit]

Please do! Regards to all from me and the Bloodhounds. If you do it at a certain Celtic pub, keep an eye out for Vali Talbot, the singer, aka Mrs. G.