Fibers found in U.S paper currency

[Sadsack]

This is some pretty interesting stuff from Jan Smith, who has been researching Morgellons since she got it 12 years ago:

http://www.rense.com/general86/Money-Morgellonsfiberstudy.pdf

Comparative Study of Morgellons Fibers with The Colored Fibers
Found of U.S. Currency by Jan Smith 6/2/09

My name is Jan Smith and I have had Morgellons Disease for 12 years. I have been
studying this disease from a layman's perspective for just as long. I have been on a
number of radio programs and I have a body of work at

http://rense.com/ that is
available for free viewing and listening. Scroll down left column on Jeff's site for the
Morgellons information. I have my own website with more information available at

Morgellons Exposed

One of the questions I am frequently asked is what Morgellons fibers look like. Several
years ago one of my pat answers to that question was to look at money. Perhaps you
have noticed the minuscule red and blue fibers that are embedded in money. I believe
their original purpose was a means of keeping counterfeiters from reproducing the paper.
Originally these fibers were made of linen but things have changed. If you have not had
a good look at money up close and personal let me refresh your memory and give you a
chance to see the new technology fibers I am speaking of.
Darker Blue and lighter teal blue fibers are found on money. (200x)
The fibers seem to have a slight variation in thickness as well. This would not be so if
they were extruded or made by a mechanical process.
Red fibers are also seen on money with a variation in coloration and thickness. (200x)
Photo below shows 3 Morgellons fibers from my body. Note the similarity in color to

the money fibers. The thickness also varies. (200x)

[GO TO LINK FOR THE REST OF THE ARTICLE AND THE PICTURES]

SS

[Katinka]

Hi Sadsack,
yes, I have read that discussion over at LB too...

And I've told Kam already maybe we should take some scrapings and put them under the microscope or even do a culture on it?

I bet for sure..there will be alot of 'things' to be seen....not only fibers..

It's the water they use.....

Katinka

[Sadsack]

Katinka -
I think that you have to pick the fibers off with precision tweezers and look at them the way they are.
First, if you just scrape money and culture it, you will most certainly get all kinds of things growing. Money is FILTHY, and most likely 99% of what's on it has nothing to do with Morgellons. All you'd be doing is confirming that money is dirty. (btw - over 90% of US paper currency has traces of drugs on it - enough for drug dogs to smell it).
What Jan is suggesting is that someone else look at the physical characteristics of these "money-fibers".
There are 2 things that are immediately apparant about these fibers that differentiate them from textiles:
- they are not uniform in thickness, which textiles have to be because they are extruded.
- the ends of textile fibers are squared off because they are cut. Morgellons fibers "taper off".
Jan did not address the second point that can be easily determined by observation, but should be done.
The third point is the burn test, but that is a little harder to do. You will need a Bunsen burner: Bunsen burner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and a ceramic plate to put the fiber on.

SS

[Katinka]

Originally Posted by Sadsack

Katinka -
I think that you have to pick the fibers off with precision tweezers and look at them the way they are.
First, if you just scrape money and culture it, you will most certainly get all kinds of things growing. Money is FILTHY, and most likely 99% of what's on it has nothing to do with Morgellons. All you'd be doing is confirming that money is dirty. (btw - over 90% of US paper currency has traces of drugs on it - enough for drug dogs to smell it).
What Jan is suggesting is that someone else look at the physical characteristics of these "money-fibers".
There are 2 things that are immediately apparant about these fibers that differentiate them from textiles:
- they are not uniform in thickness, which textiles have to be because they are extruded.
- the ends of textile fibers are squared off because they are cut. Morgellons fibers "taper off".
Jan did not address the second point that can be easily determined by observation, but should be done.
The third point is the burn test, but that is a little harder to do. You will need a Bunsen burner: Bunsen burner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and a ceramic plate to put the fiber on.

SS

Well, thank you for the tips, Sadack!

yes, I think Kammy and I will do that...see what we can find..and yes you are right ofcourse...about seeing all sorts of 'things', but I was thinking maybe we could culture the same fungi we have been seeing in other
peoples Morgs samples or even the PD seed Kammy and I are looking at..
plus the fibers...that would be a fantastic experiment, don't you think?

Katinka

[Sadsack]

Fantastically SCARY!!! I don't think you'd be able to begin to sort things out, though. Not with a "soup" like that.
What would you learn if you found something that looks like the fungus that some people with Morgellons have? Even if it were the same fungus (and only an expert can determine that), it could easily be a ubiquitous fungus that contaminates everything.

Staph (a bacteria, not a fungus) is everywhere. It's on everyone's skin. And it has been cultured from the lesions of people with Morgellons. So what does that mean? Nothing, really; it should be expected.

That's the problem when looking at associated pathogens. Most likely they are common pathogens that are taking advantage of open sores, and very likely have nothing to do with the development of Morgellons.

OK. Now I'm back on the nanotechnology bandwagon. IF the "Morgellons nanotechnology" has invaded black mold, for example, or bird mites, then these things can VECTOR Morgellons. And that may very well be the explanation for why so many different things seem to cause Morgellons. However, from my point of view, this too is speculative. I do think that is the position that Dr. Staninger holds, though.

SS