Talk:Down feathers

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[edit] Avian flu

It has been suggested on this page that all down feathers are sterilized and thus not potential carriers of avian flu. I removed this because it was an authoritative health statement without documentation. When I did a Google search, I did not find much in the way of objective, informed views on the matter except an ambiguous NYT article and a timesonline article that seems to say quite the opposite. Can anyone dig up something more definitive? Thanks. -- Epastore 03:54, 19 May 2006 (UTC)