To: JustAnAmerican
Do you get in the car and drive anywhere? The chances of your dying in a car accident are infinitely higher than being a victim of Mad Cow Disease.
However, would irradiating all our meat not be a very good idea? Texas A&M is on the forefront of using lasers to process our food, and I'm beginning to think this is an idea whose time has come.
To: kittymyrib
However, would irradiating all our meat not be a very good idea?
I don't think you can "kill" a prion this way. But I agree, your risk of contracting fatal salmonella from cantaloupe is probably greater than CJD from beef, at this point.
33 posted on
12/24/2003 10:53:05 AM PST by
beezdotcom
(I'm usually either right or wrong.)
To: kittymyrib
would irradiating all our meat not be a very good idea? Radiation doesn't affect prion folding.
34 posted on
12/24/2003 10:53:26 AM PST by
torstars
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