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Article: SCIENTISTS ARE ALARMED BY CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE.(FRONT)(SCIENCE NOTEBOOK)(Column)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- March 21, 2002
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Byline: Ron Seely
Scientists are generally very restrained when it comes to talking about the potential health impacts of research findings. They are adept at hedging, at cushioning their conclusions with qualifiers.
So it is striking to hear researchers talk about chronic wasting disease, or CWD, and to hear the worry in their words.
The geographic leap CWD made from South Dakota to reach Wisconsin has researchers, who know little about how the disease spreads, especially frustrated.
"I was really disappointed to hear about the findings in Wisconsin," said Beth Williams, a Wyoming veterinarian and researcher who has studied the ...