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Does Super Blue Green Algae contain Anatoxin-a?(posted 6-19-
01)
One individual was responsible for a great deal of
miscommunication regarding anatoxin-a, information which is
still accessible on many Internet sites. Cell Tech sued Mark
Thorson for posting defamatory statements about Cell Tech,
its products and its personnel to various Internet or Usenet
news groups. Cell Tech's lawsuit against Mr. Thorson has now
been settled. As part of the settlement agreement, Mr.
Thorson has posted the Retraction Statement that appears
below. Although he did retract the allegations that he had
been widely circulating, we all know that one cannot, with a
single correct statement, undo all the harm done by many mis-
statements that continue to circulate.
The following is a retraction statement that Mark Thorson
has posted to various newsgroups:
Subject: Retraction of Anatoxin-a Primer
During the last several years, I have from time to time
posted to this and other newsgroups a file of information
called "An Anatoxin-a Primer." I now retract the statements
made in the Anatoxin-a Primer.
The Anatoxin-a Primer implied that Super Blue Green Algae
from Klamath Lake, produced by Cell Tech, contains anatoxin-
a (a neurotoxin I characterized as addictive), and that Cell
Tech deliberately avoids testing for this toxin because anatoxin-
a is responsible for the effects reported by SBGA users. I
have since been advised that Cell Tech conducts regular
tests that would disclose anatoxin-a, and that this toxin
has never been found in Super Blue Green Algae. I had no
basis for the suggestions I made in the Anatoxin-a Primer,
and I hereby retract it in full.
Mis-state
to state incorrectly : give a false account of
False
intentionally untrue
lie
untrue with intent to deceive
Does Super Blue Green Algae contain Anatoxin-a?(posted 6-19-
01)
One individual was responsible for a great deal of
miscommunication regarding anatoxin-a, information which is
still accessible on many Internet sites. Cell Tech sued Mark
Thorson for posting defamatory statements about Cell Tech,
its products and its personnel to various Internet or Usenet
news groups. Cell Tech's lawsuit against Mr. Thorson has now
been settled. As part of the settlement agreement, Mr.
Thorson has posted the Retraction Statement that appears
below. Although he did retract the allegations that he had
been widely circulating, we all know that one cannot, with a
single correct statement, undo all the harm done by many mis-
statements that continue to circulate.
The following is a retraction statement that Mark Thorson
has posted to various newsgroups:
Subject: Retraction of Anatoxin-a Primer
During the last several years, I have from time to time
posted to this and other newsgroups a file of information
called "An Anatoxin-a Primer." I now retract the statements
made in the Anatoxin-a Primer.
The Anatoxin-a Primer implied that Super Blue Green Algae
from Klamath Lake, produced by Cell Tech, contains anatoxin-
a (a neurotoxin I characterized as addictive), and that Cell
Tech deliberately avoids testing for this toxin because anatoxin-
a is responsible for the effects reported by SBGA users. I
have since been advised that Cell Tech conducts regular
tests that would disclose anatoxin-a, and that this toxin
has never been found in Super Blue Green Algae. I had no
basis for the suggestions I made in the Anatoxin-a Primer,
and I hereby retract it in full.
Mis-state
to state incorrectly : give a false account of
False
intentionally untrue
lie
untrue with intent to deceive