December 30, 2003
HEARD ON NPR:
In Britain, a nation of 55 million, which consumed 900,000+ cows with heavy BSE contamination, 145 people became ill.
Posted by Orrin Judd at December 30, 2003 7:09 PMComments
That's 145 more than have been sickened by dioxin, reputedly the most deadly of all poisons.
Posted by: Harry Eagar at December 30, 2003 8:55 PMBut the numbers are insignificant. 250 Americans get it a year just naturally.
Posted by: oj at December 30, 2003 11:11 PM145 people got this naturally occuring disease in Britain as well.
Posted by: Mike M at December 31, 2003 8:36 AMMike:
It would only be 55--about one in a million get it naturally.
Posted by: oj at December 31, 2003 8:43 AMActually, it was 143, and the reason they are classified as having fallen prey to BSE is that they all consumed meat from one slaughterhouse.