Julian Vrieslander wrote:
> <http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/156393_madcow13.html>
>
> The article presents some disturbing possibilities. Prion-vectored
> diseases may be more widespread (in animals and humans) than we thought,
> due to underreporting and misdiagnosis.
>
> We just do not know very much about this class of diseases, and the
> cross-species transmission mechanisms. I doubt that every burger is a
> lethal biohazard. But I'm also a bit skeptical about the claims from
> the government and cattle industry that the meat supply is completely
> safe. It's hard to feel confident in those claims when they are only
> testing animals that are so sick that they are falling off their feet.
>
Buy Aussie beef
