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Saturday, June 25, 2005
What the Agriculture Department's foot-dragging costs:
posted by jeev |
8:47 PM |
 
Friday, June 24, 2005
So earlier today, the Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Johanns, was letting it be known that he had not approved of the third test of the "downer" cow undertaken at the behest of the department's inspector general, Phyllis Fong: Amid uproar from cattlemen, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns questioned why the inspector general ordered new tests for mad cow disease two weeks ago without his knowledge or approval. The thing is that later today the test Johanns was so exercised about, the one Inspector General Fong ordered, turned out to prove something important - the cow did have BSE, mad cow disease. Just to be clear, what this means is that the cow had the disease that eats the brain away, is incurable, and can be spread to humans.Tests have confirmed mad cow disease in a U.S. cow previously cleared of having the brain wasting illness, the Agriculture Department said Friday. It is the second case of mad cow disease in the United States. Perhaps Secretary Johanns should stop worrying so much about whether his perogatives are being undermined and worry more about the safety of the food we eat.
posted by jeev |
1:21 PM |
Thursday, June 23, 2005
Want a ransom note?
Another use for Flickr.
posted by jeev |
11:25 AM |
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