Here are a few links regarding this dangerous and spreading Prions disease.
Conduct a search to find out the latest news in New Mexico.

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-drug-prion-diseases-mad-cow.html
Prion diseases are also known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies,

http://www.rense.com/general88/recyc.htm
Recycled Water - ConcentratedHyper-Infectious Human Prions
http://www.rense.com/general87/spread.htm
Healthy Deer Can Spread Prion Disease Through Feces
http://www.newswise.com/articles/researchers-induce-a-new-transmissible-prion-disease
Researchers Induce A New Transmissible Prion Disease

http://www.nih.gov/researchmatters/march2010/03082010prion.htm
Scientists investigating how prion diseases destroy the brain...

http://www.stillwaterminerals.com/health/mad_cow.htm
The disease believed to be caused by a "self-replicating" protein (a prion) rather than a bacterium or virus.