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A federal regulation aimed at preventing mad cow disease from getting into the food supply (a very rare occurrence) could create health risks of its own: many thousands of cattle carcasses rotting on farms, spreading germs, attracting vermin and polluting the water. The new rule could lead farmers to put hundreds of thousands more dead animals into the ground,” which, according to the agency’s assessment, may result in “foul odors; pollute soil, groundwater and streams; and attract insects and scavengers. Comment: Some risk may not be worth the cost if they cause greater hazard than they are trying to correct, which is common when politics trumps science..

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