
"A study by the European Union completed earlier this year claimed that Japan was at high risk of an outbreak of the deadly mad-cow disease, but it was never published because of objections from Tokyo, a Japanese newspaper said yesterday," reports the Straits Times. The story broke just days after the Japanese government announced that a fourth cow was suspected to be infected with mad cow disease (BSE). The three other cases have been confirmed.
Links:
[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/5/laura-miller
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/environment/agriculture/mad-cow-disease
[3] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.prwatch.org%2Fspin%2F2001%2F12%2F926%2Ftokyo-stifled-eu-study-mad-cow-danger&linkname=Tokyo%20%27Stifled%20EU%20Study%20On%20Mad-Cow%20Danger%27
[4] http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/Weekly2001/12.18.2001/Japan.htm