MAD COW DISEASE ARCHIVE





What Canadians need to know about Mad Cow disease
  BACKGROUNDER



Another new case of Mad Cow disease found in B.C.
June 2008


New case of Mad Cow disease confirmed in Canada
February 2008




The Mad Cow gap
June 2007


Ottawa loses legal battle against Mad Cow class-action lawsuit
June 2007


New Mad Cow discovered in Alberta
February 2007




Government misinformation about
Mad Cow Disease needs clearing up




    CBC News Investigation

Health Canada Warnings Ignored
Could Mad Cow have been prevented in Canada?

  Read Exposé        Watch (You Tube)   |   Listen (mp3)   |   Download ATI Research



WAS MAD COW AVOIDABLE?
CFIA admits: "We could have tried harder."
click here to listen


FRANKENSTEER  (CBC Television's The Passionate Eye, 2005)



Canadian Health Coalition calls for Action on
Mad Cow disease




How Now, Mad Cow ?

Practical solutions can help end Canada's wilful blindness on Mad Cow disease
Special to the Calgary Herald, May 2003




RECENT UPDATES

Misinformation about BSE needs clearing up
VANCOUVER SUN   (July 17, 2006)

April 2006   Another Mad Cow discovered: born after 'feed ban'

March 2006   Hidden Mad Cow a new threat to thousands

January 2006   Mad-cow found in animal born after 'feed ban'

October 17, 2005    Could sporadic CJD be linked to Mad Cow disease?

July 12, 2005    8 Billion Mad Cow disaster blamed on CFIA

June 26, 2005      Another case of Mad Cow found in the U.S.



U.S. hiding Mad Cow: Expert

Consumers Union calls on the U.S. to re-test suspect cow

The Mad Cow saga: Could it have been prevented ?


Why I stopped eating beef



Consumers Union concerned that U.S. and Canadian Governments are not protecting public from Mad Cow risk
Consumer Union, Press Release / January 2005



David Suzuki on Mad Cow disease
Margaret Wente on Mad Cow disease
Thomas Walkom on Mad Cow disease
Andrew Nikiforuk on Mad Cow disease
New York Times on Mad Cow disease
MacLean's Magazine on Mad Cow disease




Listen to what the experts are saying? (MP3 format)
Andrew Nikiforuk on Mad Cow

Listen to what the experts are saying? (MP3 format)
John Stauber on Mad Cow

Another Mad Cow discovered (January 11, 2005)
Second case discovered in 10 days:
U.S. to send team to investigate
  |  More (listen)

BS Policy on BSE ? (listen)

Canadian feed violates ban
Animal reminants found in 4 different
brands of feed
  |  More (listen)

Guess who's playing Mad Cow roulette?

The menace of Mad Cow is far from over

Canada finds another Mad Cow
Officials admit disease may be here to stay

Secret tests reveal cattle feed contaminated
Vancouver Sun Exposé  Part #1 | Part #2 | Part #3


Union: Meat plants violate mad cow rules

Apocalypse Cow
Exposé / CBC's The Nature of Things
with David Suzuki
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Mad Cow may have contaminated cattle feed
Listen to the CBC Radio Exposé  |  More info


BRITIAN HAS MAD COW TIME BOMB
3800 citizens may be carrying fatal disease
click here for more information

CBC feature report on Mad Cow disease
Alberta farmers want to test every cow
for Mad Cow disease
  |  Listen (MP3 format)

Canadian government regulators ignore
own scientists on Mad Cow disease testing

Read the Vancouver Sun Exposé


Prepare public for more Mad Cow, report says
Read the Vancouver Sun Exposé





post-Mad Cow Disease era


Canadian Health Coalition calls for
action on Mad Cow disease

Coalition calls on the Federal Health Minister
to protect Canadians from Mad Cow disease

Communiqué, January 2004

Mad Cow Threat Underrated
National Post & Calgary Herald, August 2003

Ottawa's Mad Cow Advice 'Hypocritical'
Calgary Herald, November 2003


Where's the beef ?
An Edmonton physician has a simple test for
Mad Cow disease. Problem is, nobody wants it.


Health Canada ignored its own scientists
Read the Canadian Press exposé


Mad Scientist Disease
Calgary Herlad Editorial Board
Editorial, January 2004


Politicians Misleading Canadians
William Leiss/www.leiss.ca, August 2003


Canadians misled about the "Mad" cow
Canadian Health Coalition, May 2003


What is our meat supply eating?
Read the transcript of the CBC investigation
Canadian Broadcast Corporation, January 2004


Mad Cow testing: France is a world leader
Read the CBC transcript  Click here for related info (audio)

Canadian Broadcast Corporation, January 2004

Like Japan, we should test every cow
Click for more information (audio)
Globe and Mail, January 2004

Mad Cow: An issue comes to a head
Read the op-ed by award winning journalist Andrew Nikiforuk
Globe and Mail, January 2004


Health Canada website beefless
Calgary Herald, January 2004


Burying heads over Mad Cow
Canadian and U.S. governments adopt
an "ostrich approach" to Mad Cow disease

Toronto Star, January 2004


United Nations criticizes
Mad Cow disease control measures

Western Producer, January 2004


Blood expected to be banned from Feed
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Canada stalling on Mad Cow reforms
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Interview with a Mad Cow expert
Read the CBC Radio transcript of the interview
with the Consumer Policy Institute's Michael Hansen

Canadian Broadcast Corporation, January 2004

"This could be the tip of the iceberg"
Extent of problem won't be known until all cattle are tested
Edmonton Journal, January 2004


The Cow Jumped Over the U.S.D.A.
New York Times, January 2004

Interview with Eric Schlosser  (listen)


Expert Should Get His Story Straight
Ottawa Citizen, June 2003


Japan announces new case of Mad Cow
Canadian Press, October 2003

Ralph Klein suggests new Mad Cow policy
Shoot, Shovel and Shut-up

Canadian Press, September 2003


Bad Feed Believed Behind Mad Cow
Globe and Mail, September 2003

Mad Cow Requires Strict Feed Ban
Toronto Star, August 2003

Little Change to Beef Industry
Safeguards Since Mad Cow Found

Canadian Press, August 2003


It's Still A Cow Eat Cow World
Chicago Life Magazine, August 2003


Cattle Feeding Practices Worried
Health Canada

Western Producer, June 2003


Where's the Beef from Klein's Grovelling
Toronto Star, June 2003


It is Highly Likely more cases of
Mad Cow will be Detected in Canada

Globe and Mail, June 2003


Mad Cow Disease:
Canada's Problem -- and America's

New York Times, May 2003


Ban Dangerous Feed, Experts Say
Globe and Mail, May 2003


Mad Cow entered Canadian feed chain:
Veterinarians warn CFIA isn't doing enough

Calgary Herald, May 2003


British Expert Urges Recall of
Animal Feed Made From Mad Cow

Canadian Press, May 2003


Mad Cow-contaminated chicken feed may have
been fed to BC cattle

Vancouver Province, May 2003


Our Beef is with Bureaucrats
Globe and Mail, May 2003


Complacency is Real Killer in Mad Cow
Toronto Star, May 2003


Staff Shortages Hamper Meat Inspections
Ottawa Citizen, May 2003





pre-Mad Cow Disease era


What Canadians need to know
about Mad Cow disease
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Canadian Health Coalition

Don't Listen to the Cattleman:
The Threat of Mad Cow Disease is Real !

Kitchener Record, Fall 2002


Mad Cow Disease Kills Canadian Man
Toronto Star, August 2002


Fear of Mad-Cow Disease Prompted
Search for 20 Cattle

Globe and Mail, June 2002

Canadian government feared a
Mad Cow outbreak

Ottawa Citizen, March 2001

Politics of Food Safety
Toronto Star, February 2001

Canadian government plays politics
with Mad Cow disease

Globe and Mail, February 2001

Canada imported potentially contaminated animal
feed ingredients from countries with Mad Cow Disease

Statistics Canada Data, 1990-2000

Mad Cow Meeting Too Cosy: Critics
Ottawa Citizen, February 2001

Could Mad Cow Be In Canada Already?
Canadian Broadcast Corporation, February 2001

Canada imported potentially contaminated
cattle feed from Britain

Canadian Press, February 2001

Health Canada failing to protect Canadians
from Mad Cow disease

Letter to the Federal Minister of Health

Canadian Health Coalition, January 2001





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