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> > http://tinyurl.com/3d853
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> Fact: about 250 Americans die every year from Creutzfeldt-Jakob
> disease (nvCJD). "Mad Cow", or bovine spongiform encephalopathy
> (BSE), has been suspected in U.S. cattle for some time.

Unfortunately, the USDA didn't do anything about it until 1997, and to
this day, they refuse to improve their testing methods or release
documentation. The term "cover-up" has been used by many journalists
who have been following this debacle.

E.coli, Salmonella, and Listeria are far more dangerous, and kill more
than 500 people every year in the U.S.