‘Casual’ rap over mad cow disease
THE government has developed a ‘casual attitude’ to the human form of mad cow disease, MPs have warned.
The Science and Technology Committee said the low incidence of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) was being ‘used as justification for inaction’.
The committee highlighted concerns around the risk of contamination in blood donation and during surgery.
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