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BBC Radio 4
The Cows Are Mad
The Covid-19 pandemic has been one of the weirdest things any of us has lived through. But there was another sickness that once stalked the nation and turned things very strange for a while.
In the 1990s Britain was hit by an epidemic of a fatal neurological disease in cows that also killed 178 humans. Science was split between government assurances of safety and dissidents warning of disaster. Trust in officials took a battering. Facts became blurred. And the grisly truth about our global industrialised meat industry was revealed.
30 years on, scientists and activists are still...
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4.7 stars from 77 ratings
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“Really interesting podcast that I have no doubt we’ll be hearing more about in the news over the next few years. But, Lucy Proctors inability to say the word twenty properly filled me with rage every time she said twenee twenee, which was a lot!”
Yasminlouisa via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
10/02/24
Well done and important
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“I had a friend that died from BSE and I myself couldn’t donate blood because I lived in the UK for a while… its important to remember, also for the next time”
Foxyfanny via Apple Podcasts ·
Denmark ·
10/01/24
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“Crazy, Shocking, and utterly fascinating. Would highly recommend”
horsesforlife77 via Apple Podcasts ·
Ireland ·
02/27/24
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