What Happened to Mad Cow Disease?
If you were around in the '90s, you might remember the scare over mad cow disease, but it seems to have quieted down in the intervening years. What happened? We're conducting a survey of our...
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If you were around in the ‘90s, and especially if you lived in the UK, you might remember all the panic about mad cow disease. It’s a disorder that’s killed thousands of cattle since the ‘80s and ‘90s, and because a version of it can also infect humans, a lot of people were really freaked out. Today, thanks to safer farming, it probably isn’t anything you need to worry about. And even though scientists still don’t know exactly how it works, we can say one thing for sure: Your steak is almost definitely probably not infected. [INTRO ♪] Mad cow disease is the common name for a condition called Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or BSE. It’s a progressive neurological disease that affects cows. And over time, it causes severe brain and ne...
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If you were around in the ‘90s, and especially if you lived in the UK, you might remember all the panic about mad cow disease. It’s a disorder that’s killed thousands of cattle since the ‘80s and ‘90s, and because a version of it can also infect humans, a lot of people were really freaked out. Today, thanks to safer farming, it probably isn’t anything you need to worry about. And even though scientists still don’t know exactly how it works, we can say one thing for sure: Your steak is almost definitely probably not infected. [INTRO ♪] Mad cow disease is the common name for a condition called Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or BSE. It’s a progressive neurological disease that affects cows. And over time, it causes severe brain and ne...
