Jan Czekajewski Ph.D. <75144.2413 at CompuServe.COM> wrote:
>We at Columbus Instruments developed RESPIROMETER that can be
>used to assess the oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide
>production starting from bacteria to animals and even in humans.
>The RESPIROMETER is being used by several researchers to
>determine the quality of meat through measuring the oxygen
>consumption and carbon dioxide production. If there is any
>bacterial contamination, it can be assessed from the results of
>oxygen consumption. For this reason, we belive that our
>RESPIROMETER can be used in detecting the contaminated beef and
>probably to diagnose whether the cow is infected with mad cow
>disease or not. If you need further information about our
>RESPIROMETER and its application, please send e-mail or fax to
>the following address.
>>GHOSH
>Internet: 75144.2413 at Compuserve.com>Fax: 614-276-0529.
If this is the usual amount of scientific know-how Columbus Instruments
put into the development and marketing of their products, I strongly
advice anyone interested in scietific instrumentation to look for
another manifacturer...
Besides, aren´t there other channels more suitable for advertizing, than
an Internet newsgroup?
Mikael Quednau
Ph D student
laboratory of Food Hygiene
Department of Food Technology
Chemical Center
Lund University
Sweden
