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Article: Your health.(regulations for prevention of mad-cow disease within United States)(Brief Article)(Column)
- Article from:
- Good Housekeeping
- Article date:
- May 1, 2001
- Author:
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Is mad cow disease a threat to you and your family?
Last year I traveled to England with my husband and three kids. It was our first overseas trip as a family, and we had a wonderful time. But there was one drawback. At dinner I wouldn't let anyone order beef; no steaks, hamburgers, roasts, or stews were allowed. My children were disappointed, and my husband thought I was being overly cautious. But I didn't care. I believed then, as I do now, that there's a risk of being infected by mad cow disease, even if it's a remote one.
Mad cow disease--or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)--has so far been found in cattle in 13 European countries. Some five to ...