Scientific Data Offer No Proof Of Beef Safety.

Assesses the safety beef consumption in the United States in light of the recent discovery of the first-ever case of mad-cow disease in America. Reaction of U.S. government officials, suggesting the beef from cows stricken with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) would be safe to consume; Comments from Stanley Prusiner, a researcher who won a Nobel Prize for his work on the malformed prion proteins linked to mad-cow and related ailments in other animals, regarding the veracity of statements made by government officials attesting to the safety of U.S. beef; Research indicating prion proteins found in other parts of laboratory animals' bodies that have been infected with mad-cow-like diseases.