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Arethinn ([personal profile] arethinn) wrote2003-12-13 04:46 pm

hang on now...

See this post by [livejournal.com profile] dreamingvoid... article about a possible "breakthrough" in making cows resistant to BSE ("mad cow disease"), here.

Like dreamingvoid, I may just be missing something, but it sounds to me like a very possible result of this is cows which are themselves healthy, but carry BSE which then would be lethal to the unknowing human that ate the meat of said cow. I don't eat a lot of meat as it is, but still...