CBC had this fellow on a talk show yesterday. He probably caused more fear in the general public than any single guest or group of people since this thing broke.
This article is interesting but I believe should be read with care. I think it is riddled with overstatements, sensationalism and is totally unreferences as to sources. I did some research and many of his statements appear to be unsubstantiated. Nonetheless, this is what we have to deal with as an industry as this kind of journalism is easy to read and has enormous appeal to much of the general public.
Apocalypse Cow: U.S. Denials Deepen Mad Cow Danger
by John C. Stauber and Sheldon Rampton
For seven years the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the multi-billion dollar animal livestock industry have cooperated in a PR cover-up of huge health risks to animals and people in the United States.
For 10 years, even preceding the British outbreak of Mad Cow Disease, the USDA has had scientific evidence that a version of the disease exists in U.S. cattle. Yet government and industry have failed even at this late date to ban the practice of "cow cannibalism" which created the fatal epidemic now spreading in Britain from cows to people. The practice has been banned in Britain for years, but continues in the U.S. and is in fact more widespread here than in any other country.
You probably never heard of Mad Cow Disease until March 20, 1996, when its emergence in humans caused the unbelievable spectacle of the collapse of the British beef market and the pending extermination of millions of British cattle.......continued under link below.
http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/1996Q1/madcow10.html
This article is interesting but I believe should be read with care. I think it is riddled with overstatements, sensationalism and is totally unreferences as to sources. I did some research and many of his statements appear to be unsubstantiated. Nonetheless, this is what we have to deal with as an industry as this kind of journalism is easy to read and has enormous appeal to much of the general public.
Apocalypse Cow: U.S. Denials Deepen Mad Cow Danger
by John C. Stauber and Sheldon Rampton
For seven years the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the multi-billion dollar animal livestock industry have cooperated in a PR cover-up of huge health risks to animals and people in the United States.
For 10 years, even preceding the British outbreak of Mad Cow Disease, the USDA has had scientific evidence that a version of the disease exists in U.S. cattle. Yet government and industry have failed even at this late date to ban the practice of "cow cannibalism" which created the fatal epidemic now spreading in Britain from cows to people. The practice has been banned in Britain for years, but continues in the U.S. and is in fact more widespread here than in any other country.
You probably never heard of Mad Cow Disease until March 20, 1996, when its emergence in humans caused the unbelievable spectacle of the collapse of the British beef market and the pending extermination of millions of British cattle.......continued under link below.
http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/1996Q1/madcow10.html
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