DNA Proves US Mad Cow Came From Canada; Border To Remain Closed

BTW, a quote from Harper\'s Weekly: \"...one government expert pointed out that Americans are much more likely to die of E. coli,listeria, or salmonella than from mad cow disease; in fact, since the mad Holstein was discovered in Washington, more than 1 million Americans were poisoned by their food, 6,000 were hospitalized, and 100 died.\"

Media hype. How many died from the Flu? Car accidents? Car Jackings?<p> <p>---<br>"History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme" Mark Twain

I agree with both Susan and Drcaleb, however, I also would like our food production to be cleaned up. Until all of Canada\'s cows are tested for bse why should countries that are testing take our meat? I wouldn\'t. If every cow was tested today I know for sure they\'d find more cases in Canada and the US. I think our meat producers are afraid of this fact or they\'d be lobbying to do just that.

What mad science decided we should feed sick cows to other cows or animals anyway? Why in heaven\'s name would I trust the science that basically gave us mad cow, to not give us some other devastating illness in GMOs? Why would I trust our agriculture minister and our health minister when they obviously are giving this repulsive science our money and their blessings?

I don\'t want to eat hormones, innoculations, and animals forced to live in areas where they\'re standing in and being contaminated with their own feces. If we are what we eat then it goes without saying that we\'re all mad animals, and drugged veggies. Just the right cocktail to put people on a warpath!

Sorry dude, BSE ocurrs naturally 1 in 4 million times. I trust that any animal that shows symptoms of anything does not make it into the food supply - like this recent cow went into the US human food supply. Ours didn't make it into the human food supply. Human infection from tainted products (brain, eyeball, intestines) is only 1 in 10 million. If you ate nothing for every meal but BSE infected brains, spine, eyeballs and intestines, you might get it in 10 years. Cow cannibalism was a mistake. We've learned since then.<p> I'd like every animal tested, but the money has to come from somewhere to test them. I'd rather it went to healthcare, where it is needed.<p> The best meat I ever had was from local farmers raising their cattle naturally. Bison is 10X better than that.<p> So two cows are standing in a field. One says to the other, "Are you worried about this mad cow thing?" The other replies, "No, because I'm a helicopter."<p> <p>---<br>"History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme" Mark Twain

Where was the cow fed?

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"So many right-wing Christians, so few lions." - t-shirt I saw @ school

That is the important outstanding question - its easy to lay blame without all the facts.

Beyond all of this - it appears some european scientists have been finding some early indicators that BSE might be a disease caused by chemical use. Still to early to tell, but wouldnt that be a stinker?

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If there was ever a time for Canadians to become pushy - now is the time - for time is running out on this nation called Canada.

You mean the helicopter or the other one? Ha ha

<a href="http://cbc.ca/stories/2004/01/08/madcow_farmers040108">http://cbc.ca/stories/2004/01/08/madcow_farmers040108</a><br> <br> The above link is a story from the farmers who had the cow on their farm.<br> <br> The last sentence in the story is rather chilling, and true, not only for that couple's farm, but for farms all over North America. Who knows how many cattle have BSE and go undetected?<br> <br> And this is a submarine problem, as far as I can see. These cattle go as far back as 1997 and are only now being detected. That does not inspire confidence.<br> <br> I think the couple is right. If Canada would take the bold step of testing every cow in the nation, destroy any BSE infected cows found, and repeat the testing regularly, not only would the world start buying Canadian beef again, but they'd be flocking to us.<br>