Episodes 6-10
Today, science has failed to definitively answer two major questions about mad cow disease - where did it originally come from and how did humans get it?
After the government admits a link between BSE in cows and vCJD in humans, the quest for answers begins - how did this happen?
In part two of this omnibus edition, a grieving mum questions the official narrative and a former government minister casts doubt on the official BSE story. The crisis becomes a lightning rod for other safety issues in the countryside, as an organic farmer turned self-taught scientist investigates his own BSE theories, and a new animal madness emerges in North America, as history repeats.
Written, presented and produced by Lucy Proctor.
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- Fri 16 Feb 2024 21:00大象传媒 Radio 4
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The Cows Are Mad
The strange tale of the 1990s BSE epidemic.
