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"Harry Hope" |
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15 Mar 2006 08:29:24 AM |
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3rd case of mad cow disease discovered. Republicans to reduce testing. |
From The Associated Press, 3/15/06:
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/World/2006/03/15/1488768-sun.html
U.S. plans to reduce mad cow testing
WASHINGTON --
Despite the confirmation of a third case of mad cow disease in the
U.S., the American government intends to scale back testing for the
brain-wasting disorder blamed for the deaths of more than 150 people
in Europe.
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Makes sense, eh?
Harry
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| Title: Re: 3rd case of mad cow disease discovered. Republicans to reduce testing. |
15 Mar 2006 09:37:17 AM |
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Harry Hope wrote:
From The Associated Press, 3/15/06:
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/World/2006/03/15/1488768-sun.html
U.S. plans to reduce mad cow testing
WASHINGTON --
Despite the confirmation of a third case of mad cow disease in the
U.S., the American government intends to scale back testing for the
brain-wasting disorder blamed for the deaths of more than 150 people
in Europe.
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Makes sense, eh?
Harry
"Newspapers move US mad cow story off front pages
Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:11 PM ET
By Bob Burgdorfer
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Mad cow disease is no longer front-page news at
many leading newspapers. which put stories of the latest U.S. case on
the inside of Tuesday's editions.
One exception was financial newspaper The Wall Street Journal, which
ran a one-paragraph notice of the story in its "What's News" summary of
important items on page 1 and carried the story on page 2.
The move off the front pages appears to support the U.S. beef
industry's claims that consumers are not as concerned as they had been
that the disease is a threat to the food supply. Also, the industry
claims that as consumers learn more about the disease they gain
confidence in the safety measures being taken.
However, economists warned that the government must remain vigilant in
testing for mad cow and safeguarding the food supply because consumer
confidence is fickle and could quickly change for the worse."
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