On (09 Apr 98) David Williams wrote to Bucky Carr...
Hi David,
 -> You mean as in "taking hamburger back into cow?"
 DW> The Brits have already done it. And came up with Mad Cow Disease!
:-)
Off topic I know but as a point of interest this is being fully
investigated at last here in the U.K. and there has been speculation
that a certain chemical used to kill insects is to blame. The problem is
the U.K. government in the form of the Ministry of Agriculture insisted
years ago that famers /had/ to use this chemical. So if it's proven to
be that that's caused it there'll be some big compensation claims going
in.
This could explain why the government have been reluctant to agree a
full investigaton before now but we got a new government last year and
they would probably like to place blame on the previous lot. Basically
to cover themselves the previous government have allowed the whole beef
industry in the U.K to go down the toilet, allegedly!
Sorry for the off-topic post but I note from our newspapers over here
that there have been isolated cases of BSE over there as well as on
continental Europe. It may not be just a 'British' problem...
success
Peter
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