A realistic assessment of the risk to human health from bovine spongiform encephalopathy, rather than the hollow pronouncement that "beef is safe" would best counter public fears in Britain.
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Mad cows and the minister. Nature 345, 277–278 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1038/345277a0
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