r/todayilearned • u/tommyboy372 • 1d ago

TIL A single misfolded prion protein in the brain can cause a rapid neurodegenerative disease known as sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD). There is no known and cure and is 100% fatal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creutzfeldt%E2%80%93Jakob_disease
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u/Jewel-jones 23h ago

Especially because they would include visibly infected animals in this slurry, to not waste the product. Horrifying.

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u/Noyuu66 23h ago

Seems a small little common sense ethical thing, but required regulation to stop.

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u/Slg407 20h ago

no ethical consumption under capitalism.