Stop the Madness!
Mad Cow Disease, or Bovine Spongiform Encepholopathy (BSE), is a progressive neurological disorder of cattle that can be transmitted to other species, including humans. Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a comparable Transmissible Spongiform Encepholopathy (TSE) that infects deer, elk, and moose. CWD has now spread across much of the USA, infecting thousands of animals and potentially exposing hunters and consumers of venison to CWD, a fatal brain-wasting illness. The human equivalent of these diseases, (CJD) Cruetzfeldt-Jakob Disease, linked to consumption of TSE-contaminated meat or blood, causes memory loss, emotional instability, severe dementia and death, often within a year.
Cases of Mad Cow Disease occur in the U.S. each year, yet regulators only test a tiny percentage of the 32 million cattle slaughtered annually. In Europe, all older cattle are tested for Mad Cow Disease, and in Japan every cow slaughtered for human consumption is tested. Similarly most deer, elk, and moose, are killed and consumed with no testing for CWD required.
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Read Current Issue — March 22, 2024
Newsletter #843: Hold Big Meat Responsible for Damaging Our Health and Planet
In This Issue:
- Stop Factory Farming! More 100% Grassfed Meat!
- 13 Reasons to Boycott Big Meat
- Mexico Smacks US Over GM Corn and Glyphosate
- Cross-Contamination in The Kitchen: When’s the Last Time You Cleaned Your Spice Jars?
- Frankenfoods v2: Exploiting the Bioequivalence Principle
- Thank You for Taking Action on Country-Of-Origin Meat Labeling!
- Food Forests Aren’t Just Nourishing. They’re Cool.
- What Might the US Owe the World for Covid-19?
- Legal Action Could End Use of Toxic Sewage Sludge on US Crops as Fertilizer
- Real Organic Project’s Groundbreaking Partnership with Germany’s Naturland
- A Battle to Protect Our Health
- When Starvation Is a Weapon, the Harvest Is Shame
- Can Black and Indigenous Culinary Solidarity Change the World? Sean Sherman and Mecca Bos Hope So.
- Other Essential Reading and Videos for the Week