Consumer Reports magazine may be the best place to turn if you can’t decide between the Toyota and the Nissan, but its parent company Consumers Union (CU) has become one…
In 1999 a coalition of anti-meat activist groups tried to capitalize on two ordinary Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) deaths by suing the Federal government, claiming that mad cow disease (and the…
Jeffrey Nelson, the head nanny over at www.vegsource.com, has written a preposterous and irresponsible editorial suggesting that Alzheimer’s disease is both related to mad cow disease and caused…
If you’ve read our groundbreaking Mad Cow report, you know all about how anti-meat activists have circulated rumors of “mad deer disease” throughout the hunting community, in order to stir…
As we’ve told you many times, the number of mad cow disease cases in the United States is very easy to quantify: zip, zilch, zero, nada. In Colorado, the…
Referring to mad-cow and foot-and-mouth diseases, Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman told the Associated Press yesterday that many Americans are “hearing ‘animal disease’ and they don’t know the difference.” A few…
Yesterday, South Carolina governor Jim Hodges imposed a 15-day moratorium on The Seattle Times is reporting that a Denver hospital spokeswoman, discussing two recent deaths, described Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)…
Last night the District of Columbia Bar Association sponsored a panel discussion on factory farming, food safety, and mad cow disease. The panel included a representative from the USDA (Richard…
Judging by CBS’ coverage on 60 Minutes II, the American mad cow scare campaign shows no signs of letting up. The report featured Michael Hansen of Consumers Union, and…
The New York Times has legitimized Tom Pringle, self-proclaimed mad cow disease expert, with a “Q&A” interview. If you don’t know who this guy is, take a spin through Mad…
