Farmed Fish May Pose Risk For Mad Cow Disease.
University of Louisville neurologist Robert P. Friedland, M.D., questions the safety of eating farmed fish in today’s Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, adding a new worry to concerns about the nation’s food supply. Friedland and his co-authors suggest farmed fish could transmit Creutzfeldt Jakob disease—commonly known as mad cow disease—if they are fed byproducts rendered from cows. The scientists urge government regulators to ban feeding cow meat or bone meal to fish until the safety of this common practice can be confirmed. Comment: This position is unsupported by any studies and seems to be published only to gain notoriety
