AR-News: Food Fears

[jim robertson]

Food Fears
The threat of agricultural terrorism spurs calls for more vigilance
By Daniel G. Dupont




CATTLE CONCERN: A terrorist attack with foot-and-mouth disease would 
devastate the U.S. beef industry.
Earlier this year the discovery of a single cow with bovine spongiform 
encephalopathy, better known as mad cow disease, crippled the Canadian 
cattle market. In 2002 the mere rumor of foot-and-mouth disease in Kansas 
sent shock waves through the American cattle industry. And the discovery of 
exotic Newcastle disease in southern California led to the destruction of 
millions of chickens and prompted many countries to ban poultry coming from 
the area--and, in some cases, from the entire U.S.

full story:
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa004&articleID=000D7192-62D3-1F6A-905980A84189EEDF




Our task must be to free ourselves... by widening our circle of compassion 
to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.
-- Albert Einstein

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