WHO says the US doesn’t pay heed to its allies in Europe? To be sure, advice on making war or genetically modified crops isn’t all that welcome here. But Europe seems to have the ear of science policy makers when it comes to the things Europeans clearly know more about – such as mad cows.
Since the discovery of a cow with the disease in Washington state in December 2003, government scientists have been struggling to decide how much they need to change the way beef is moved from farm and feedlot to the dinner table. Recently, the US Department of…
